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Millwood City Council, Position 2

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Dan Sander 312 62.65%
Becky Dean 186 37.35%

* 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 Sander

Age:
76
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from Gonzaga Prep. Holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in civil engineering, both from Marquette University.

Work experience: Worked for a small consulting firm before working for the Washington State Department of Health’s drinking water program for 30 years. Now retired, he’s a part-time consultant.

Political experience: Has served eight years on the Millwood City Council.

Family: Married. Has two children and one grandchild.

Becky Dean

Age:
45
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from West Valley High School and the Glen Dow Academy.

Work experience: Has worked as a hairdresser for 23 years and has owned her own salon, called SunnyFay’s, since 2010.

Political experience: First run for office.

Family: Married to Matt Dean, who is running for Millwood mayor. Has two children.

Complete Coverage

Millwood incumbent points to recent town improvements; opponent says more needs to be done to boost public safety

Two-term Millwood City Council incumbent Dan Sander is facing a challenge from political newcomer Becky Dean, who owns a hair salon.