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Latah Town Council, position 4

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Melanie Meagher 30 42.25%
Steve Leitz 23 32.39%
Yvonne Warren 18 25.35%

* 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

Melanie Meagher

Age:
60
City:
Latah, WA

Meagher is the incumbent for Position 4 in Latah but filed for Position 1 instead.

Yvonne Warren

Age:
66
City:
Latah, Washington

Warren, 55, was appointed to her seat on the council in April. She retired from a career as director of an independent living program for people with special needs and has lived in Latah the last seven years. She believes Latah is in need of several infrastructure improvements, including paving gravel streets, upgrading the water system and adding cross walks.

Complete Coverage

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Incumbent Rod Higgins increased his lead over challenger Chris Jackson in the Spokane Valley Council Position 1 race.

No one wanted to serve on the Latah Town Council in May; now 5 percent of the town is on the ballot

A few months ago, it seemed no one wanted to be the mayor of Latah or a member of the Town Council.