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Millwood Mayor

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Kevin M. Freeman 362 70.98%
Matt Dean 148 29.02%

* 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

Kevin M. Freeman

Age:
57
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from Simon Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon. Holds a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s degree in hydrogeology, both from the University of Idaho.

Work experience: Earth science consultant for 30 years and co-owner of Inland Earth Sciences since 2014.

Political experience: Served on the Millwood Planning Commission for four years, followed by eight years on the Millwood City Council and eight years as mayor of Millwood.

Family: Married. Has two children.

Matt Dean

Age:
45
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from Half Moon Bay High School in Half Moon Bay, California.

Work experience: Served in the U.S. Navy for four years before working as a bartender and restaurant manager. Worked as a furnace operator at Spokane Industries for three years and has worked as a furnace operator for Collins Aerospace in Airway Heights for the last seven years.

Political experience: First run for office.

Family: Married with two children.

Complete Coverage

Spokane County commissioners postpone Board of Health candidate interviews

The Board of Health currently has four vacancies after the commissioners dissolved and reformed the board in late 2021. 

Millwood mayor seeks third term

Millwood Mayor Kevin Freeman says he’s running for a third term to help see through an important traffic and planning project for the town.