9th District Representative, Position 1
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Dye (R) | 33,978 | 64.22% |
| Jenn Goulet (D) | 18,931 | 35.78% |
* 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
The Candidates
Mary Dye
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 63
- City:
- Pomeroy, Washington
Education: Graduated from South Fremont High School in St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1979. Earned a plants and crop management degree from the University of Idaho in 1983.
Work experience: Served in Peace Corps as agricultural educator in Peace Corps in Ubon, Thailand, from 1984 to 1986. Helped build wells and water systems for villages that had none. Co-manages third-generation wheat farm since 1987.
Political experience: Vice chair of the state’s Republican Party from 1994 to 1997. Appointed to state House in 2015 and later elected to the seat that same year. Re-elected in 2016 and every two years since.
Family: Married to Roger Dye. Has three children.
Campaign finance: Dye has raised the most money in the race, collecting more than $74,700 as of Oct. 2, 2024, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Top donors include BNSF Railway, Koch-Political Action Committee, the Potato PAC, Boeing, the Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Amazon, Chevron Corporation and Avista.
Jenn Goulet
- Party:
- Democratic
- Age:
- 48
- City:
- Pasco, Washington
Goulet announced on Facebook in September 2020 that she decided to drop out of the race: "We are moving to Savannah, Georgia this month, where there are better opportunities for my children, including the possibility for my son to attend one of the most prestigious art schools in the nation." Her name, however, will remain on the November ballot.
Education: Graduated from Kennewick High School. Earned Associates degree from College of DuPage in Illinois in general studies. Earned bachelor’s applied management at Columbia Basin College.
Work experience: Works from home. Small business owner performing instructional design services for Microsoft. Previously was a training specialist at the HAMMER Federal Training Center and a technical writer supporting the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup efforts on the Hanford Site.
Political experience: Ran for state Legislature in 2016 and 2018. Former chairwoman of Franklin County Democrats.
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