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9th District, House Pos. 2

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Joe Schmick (G) 29,808 100%

* 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

Joe Schmick

Party:
GOP
City:
Colfax, Washington

Education: Graduated from Colfax High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Washington University with a minor in economics.

Work experience: Farmer and small business owner for more than 40 years.

Political experience: Has served in the House of Representatives representing the 9th Legislative District since 2007. He previously served on the Washington Barley Commission and the National Barley Improvement Committee in the 1990s.

Family: Married to Kim Schmick.