Liberty Lake City Council, Position 4
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Freeze Baird | 1,882 | 52.89% |
| Mike Behary | 1,676 | 47.11% |
* 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
Jamie Freeze Baird
- Age:
- 37
- City:
- Liberty Lake, Washington
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Earned master’s degree in American government, law and public policy from Regent University.
Work experience: Corporate trainer for Alliance Data since 2016. From 2012 to 2015, Baird worked as a public school teacher and public charter school teacher for seventh grade English and social studies in North Carolina.
Political experience: Has served on the Liberty Lake Planning Commission since 2017.
Family: Married to husband Jason Baird since 2012, no kids.
Mike Behary
- Age:
- 59
- City:
- Liberty Lake, Washington
Education: Graduated from Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1983. Earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from Illinois State University and holds a master’s degree in urban regional planning from Eastern Washington University.
Work experience: Has worked as a city planner for the City of Coeur d’Alene for eight years and was a planner in Bloomington. He also served in the U.S. Army for four years.
Political experience: Lost race for Liberty Lake City Council in 2021.
Family: Married to Kersten Behary. Has two children.
Complete Coverage
Growth, public safety key issues in race for Liberty Lake City Council
Liberty Lake’s lone contested race for City Council features two candidates who are focused on preparing the city for continued growth.