9th District, House Pos. 1
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Dye (R) | 29,082 | 78.66% |
| Brett Borden (L) | 7,889 | 21.34% |
* 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
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.
Brett Borden
- Party:
- Libertarian
- Age:
- 42
- City:
- Pullman, Washington
Education: Graduated from West Valley High School in 2001. Attended Eastern Washington University to study social studies for three years.
Work Experience: Works for Schweitzer Engineering Labs doing warehouse inventory. Former owner and founder of Retro Riot, a small business selling new and used books and records.
Political Experience: Treasurer for the Libertarian Party of Washington.
Family: Single.
Campaign Fundraising: $785 as of Friday, according to the Public Disclosure Commission. Borden invested $372 in his campaign and received cash contributions from individual supporters.
Complete Coverage
State Rep. Mary Dye faces Libertarian Brett Borden on November ballot
Two candidates running for a state House seat representing southeastern Washington may not agree on everything, but they both disagree with restrictions set by Gov. Jay Inslee to slow the spread of COVID-19.
House, Senate advance plans to regulate CO2 emissions from cars
The state’s environmental agency would have more power to regulate carbon dioxide pollution under proposals approved by committees in both legislative chambers Thursday, despite efforts by Republicans to trim back that authority.