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Liberty Lake City Council, position 3

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Dan Dunne 1,705 53.41%
Holly A. Woodruff 1,487 46.59%

* 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

Dan Dunne

Age:
55

Education: Graduated from Kentridge High School in Kent, Washington, in 1987. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Received a master’s in business administration from Gonzaga University in 2012.

Political experience: Has served on the Liberty Lake City Council since 2012.

Work experience: Works as an enterprise collaboration engineer for Washington Trust Bank. Spent more than 20 years as an engineer with KeyTronic, Esterline Interface Technologies, General Dynamics Itronix, Aegis, PTC and Kenworth Trucks.

Family: Married to Shanna Dunne. Has two children.

Fundraising: Dunne has chosen the Public Disclosure Commission’s mini reporting option. So long as he raises and spends less than $7,000, he doesn’t have to disclose donors or donation amounts.

 

Holly A. Woodruff

Age:
73
City:
Liberty Lake, WA

After filing to run for a new term, Woodruff decided to move to North Carolina and resigned her seat on the City Council. She was replaced on the council by DG Garcia, and Woodruff is asking voter to write Garcia's name on the ballot.

Education: Graduated from Clairmont Northeast High School in Batavia, Ohio, in 1969. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social work in 1993 and a master’s degree in social work in 1994, both from Indiana University.

Work experience: Former mental health social worker who retired as director of counseling services at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, in 2013 after a 15-year career. She currently teaches online social work classes through Indiana University.

Political experience: Previously elected as regional representative to the Indiana State Board of Social Work.

Family: Lives with life partner Lora Reeves; has three children and five grandchildren.

Complete Coverage

Liberty Lake City Council race features newcomer Holly Woodruff, incumbent Dan Dunne

Political newcomer Holly Woodruff is challenging incumbent Dan Dunne for his seat on the Liberty Lake City Council, which Dunne has held for eight years.