Liberty Lake City Council, position 6
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Mike T. Kennedy | 1,630 | 78.93% |
| Dylan McGuire | 435 | 21.07% |
* 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.
The Candidates
Mike T. Kennedy
- Age:
- 79
- City:
- Liberty Lake, Washington
Education: Graduated from Riddle High School in Riddle, Oregon, in 1963. He studied accounting at Spokane Community College.
Political experience: Served on the Spokane Plan Commission for five years in the 1990s. Served on the Liberty Lake Planning Commission for about a year before being elected to the Liberty Lake City Council in 2017. He stepped down from the council in early 2022.
Work experience: He served in the U.S. Navy out of high school for four years. He worked as a loan officer for Old National Bank for a few years and then ran several small businesses, including Northside RV Center and Nortelco, a long distance and pay phone company that was based in Liberty Lake. Currently mostly retired with some consulting work.
Family: Married to wife Betty Kennedy. Has two children and two grandchildren.
Dylan McGuire
- City:
- Liberty Lake, Washington
Says he is no longer interested in winning the position, but he remains on the ballot and could still win the seat.
Complete Coverage
Council candidate backs Liberty Lake overpass expansion; his opponent no longer wants seat
Though Mike Kennedy has no personal experience as an elected official, he’s been behind the political scenes of Spokane and Liberty Lake for years, he said. Now he’s a candidate for position 6 on the Liberty Lake City Council. His opponent, Dylan McGuire, says he no longer wants to win the seat, citing an unexpected workload increase at his job. However, he decided to withdraw after the deadline, so his name remains on the ballot, and he is eligible to win the seat.