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2019 Spokane mayoral election
	Precinct results; Woodward: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Stuckart: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Tie: 50%
Mayor before election; David Condon; Republican	Elected Mayor ; Nadine Woodward; Nonpartisan

The 2019 Spokane mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Spokane, Washington. The previous mayor, David Condon was unable to run due to term limits. It saw former local news anchor Nadine Woodward defeat former Spokane City Council president Ben Stuckart by a margin of just over one percentage point.

Background

While both general election candidates officially listed themselves as non-partisan, each represented one side of the right-left political divide in the United States with Woodward on the right-wing^[2]^[3] and Stuckart on the left-wing.^[3]

Despite sitting in a long-time Republican-held Congressional district, the City of Spokane itself had become Democrat-leaning in the years leading up to the 2019 mayoral election. Stuckart led a city council with a liberal super-majority — which persisted after the election — and the Democratic challenger to congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers won the city by 17 percentage points in the prior year's election. Woodward's ability as a right-wing candidate to win the left-leaning city was due in large part to her popularity as a nearly three-decade presence on local TV news at both KREM and KXLY as well as her ability to turn the race into a referendum on homelessness and crime.^[4]

Primary election

Washington has a nonpartisan blanket primary system. The top two finishers in the primary face each other in the general election.

The primary election was held on August 6, 2019.^[1]

Declared candidates

Jonathan Bingle, former pastor
Kelly P. Cruz, chairman of Spokane C.O.P.S.
Shawn Poole, firefighter and veteran
Ben Stuckart, former city council president
Nadine Woodward, former news anchor

Declined

Lisa Brown, former Majority Leader of the Washington Senate (2005–2013), and Democratic candidate for Washington's 5th congressional district in 2018^[5]

Primary results^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Nadine Woodward	19,366	40.11
Ben Stuckart	18,353	38.02
Shawn Poole	6,122	12.68
Jonathan Bingle	3,157	6.54
Kelly P. Cruz	1,080	2.24
Under votes	622	1.27
Write-in	200	0.41
Over votes	17	0.04
Total votes	48,917

General election

Prominent endorsements

Nadine Woodward

Officeholders

David Condon, Mayor of Spokane^[6]
Michael Baumgartner, Former state senator (2011-2019) for the 6th district and candidate for County Treasurer^[3]
Ozzie Knezovich, sheriff of Spokane County^[3]

Individuals

Phil Altmeyer, head of Spokane's Union Gospel Mission^[3]
Kate McCaslin, former CEO of the Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc.^[3]
Chud Wendle, businessman and member of longtime prominent Spokane family^[3]
Walt Worthy, Spokane developer and property owner of among others the Davenport Hotel^[3]