Council Seat 3
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Gookin | 3,409 | 54.12% |
| George Sayler | 2,435 | 38.66% |
| Patrick “Mitch” Mitchell (D) | 239 | 3.79% |
| Annastasia Somontes | 170 | 2.70% |
| Derec Aujay | 46 | 0.73% |
* 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.
About the Race
This seat is being vacated by Councilman Al Hassell, who decided against seeking re-election.
City Council terms are four years and pay $750 per month, plus medical and dental benefits.
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Dan Gookin
- Age:
- 64
- City:
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Education: Graduated from Valhalla High School in San Diego in 1978 and earned a communications degree from the University of California San Diego in 1983.
Political experience: Coeur d’Alene City councilman since 2011. Ran unsuccessfully for Kootenai County clerk in 2018.
Work experience: Gookin is a writer who has written more than 165 book on technology and computers. He is also the creator of the “For Dummies” series which began with “DOS for Dummies.” Has been teaching online learning classes through LinkedIn for the last five years. Served as artistic director at the Lake City Playhouse from 1997 to 2002.
Family: Divorced. Has four children.
Complete Coverage
Huckleberries: Artful move may be needed to save ‘Tolerance’
It ain’t easy jettisoning public art devoted to tolerance. But the Bonner County commissioners are trying. Artist David Kraisler’s “Tolerance” – a 10-foot steel-and-wood piece – has “graced” the courthouse lawn in Sandpoint for 11 years, since its creation in response to a planned 2001 Aryan Nations parade that didn’t happen. The city of Sandpoint got first shot at hosting “Tolerance,” but passed on it, claiming at the time that lack of a policy for public art was the problem. Trouble is, the sculpture resembles two giant stick figures coupling.
Huckleberries: Voters had three questions for candidate
As you may know, seven of seven candidates endorsed by Kootenai County Reagan Republicans in four towns in Kootenai County won last Tuesday, including two of two in Coeur d’Alene. Reagan Republican-endorsed Dan Gookin told Huckleberries that Coeur d’Alene residents were interested in chiefly three things: Where do you stand on a public vote on McEuen Field changes? Are you an incumbent? Are you a Republican?
Gookin: ‘Neat Truck’
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Huckleberries: NIC spookiness might mean ghost roster whole
Coeur d’Alene has been down one ghost since the one in the basement at Senor Froggy was exorcised when the restaurant at Seventh Street and Sherman Avenue was torn down. Now, Huckleberries hears from Managing Editor Devin Hellman of the North Idaho College Sentinel that there may be a spook in the college’s Seiter Hall.