Spokane City Council District 1 (Northeast)
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Cathcart | 7,909 | 56.18% |
| Lindsey Shaw | 6,169 | 43.82% |
* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.
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About The Race
The Candidates
Michael Cathcart
- Age:
- 38
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Went to University High School. Graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor's degree in motion picture arts.
Political experience: Elected to the the Spokane City Council in 2019, and currently serves as the Spokane City Council president pro tem. Ran unsuccessfully for Spokane County commissioner in 2022. Serves as Spokane’s representative to the Regional Broadlinc Public Development Authority, chair of the Public Safety Committee, chair of the Northeast Public Development Authority, chair of the police and fire pension boards, vice-chair of the Finance Committee, and a current member of the Budget Committee, Spokane Police Advisory Committee and Traffic Calming Committee. Formerly served as vice chair of the Spokane City Council Public Infrastructure & Environment Committee, council liaison for the Spokane Park Board, council liaison for the city’s Employees Retirement System, volunteer for the Spokane Lunar New Year Celebration, chair of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council, member of the city’s In-Fill Housing Steering Committee and a member of the Mayor’s Quality and Affordable Housing Taskforce.
Work experience: Spent five years as executive director of Better Spokane, a pro-business organization. Worked as an aide for former 6th Legislative District Sen. Michael Baumgartner. Former government affairs director for the Spokane Home Builders Association.
Family: Married to Vina (Tran) Cathcart. Has a young son.
Political donations: Reported nearly $63,800 as of Oct. 3. Top donors include the Association of Builders and Contractors Political Action Committee, the Build East Political Action Commission, Spokane Realtors, the Spokane Homebuilders Association, manufacturing and engineering firm Pyrotek, and George, Jennifer, Theresa and Ryan Gee of the Gee Automotive Holdings company.
Lindsey Shaw
- Age:
- 43
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from North Central High School in 1999. Attended Seattle Art Institute for Photography and Pima Community College in Arizona. Received the Gonzaga Women’s Leadership Certificate 2021 and the Gonzaga Servant Leadership Certificate in 2022
Work experience: Worked as a contractor with Gonzaga University as a community connector, on the Boundary Adjustment Board for Spokane Public Schools from 2020 to 2022, as well as the naming committee. Served as campus engagement coordinator at the Northeast Community Center 2021 to 2023 and participated in the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America program in 2019.
Political experience: Served as Logan Neighborhood Council chair from 2019 to 2023, as clean up coordinator, as Community Assembly liaison for the Spokane Parks Development and Volunteer Citizen Advisory Committee, appointed to the Citizens' Transportation Advisory Board, and served in the Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program's Washington State Parent Ambassador program in 2021.
Family: Married to Jason Shaw. Has two young sons.
Political donations: Reported raising $48,400 as of Oct. 3. Her top donors include the Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Don Barbieri and Sharon Smith of the Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund, the Spokane Firefighters Union PAC, progressive political organization FUSE Washington, the Washington Education Association and various other labor unions.
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