U.S. Representative
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Baumgartner (R) | 55,859 | 27.49% |
| Carmela Conroy (D) | 37,227 | 18.32% |
| Jacquelin Maycumber (R) | 27,717 | 13.64% |
| Bernadine Bank (D) | 24,111 | 11.86% |
| Brian Dansel (R) | 21,983 | 10.82% |
| Ann Marie Danimus (D) | 11,306 | 5.56% |
| Jonathan Bingle (R) | 7,510 | 3.70% |
| Rene’ Holaday (R) | 6,180 | 3.04% |
| Rick Valentine Flynn (R) | 4,822 | 2.37% |
| Matthew Welde (D) | 4,183 | 2.06% |
| Bobbi Bennett-Wolcott (D) | 2,336 | 1.15% |
* 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.
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About the Race
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Michael Baumgartner
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 49
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from Pullman High School in 1995, after attending Gonzaga Prep for two years. Graduated from Washington State University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Graduated from Harvard University in 2002 with a master’s degree in public administration.
Work experience: Worked for office of the Crown Prince of Dubai as economic development adviser for about a year starting in June 2002. Worked two years starting in the spring of 2003 for i4, a company that hoped to build a telecommunication network in Saudi Arabia. Worked as Dubai-based business consultant for about a year. Worked as consultant for Hecla Mining related to gold mine in Venezuela for several months in 2006. Worked as economics officer for the U.S. State Department in Iraq for about a year starting in spring 2007. Worked for Civilian Police International, a State Department contractor, in Afghanistan on a counter-narcotics program for about eight months starting in December 2008. Provided pre-deployment advisory to U.S. military on counterinsurgency. Lecturer on counterinsurgency at Sciences Po University in Paris.
Political experience: Has served as Spokane County treasurer after winning election in 2018 and 2022. Previously elected to state Senate in 2010, unseating Democratic incumbent Chris Marr. Re-elected in 2014. Unsuccessfully challenged Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell in 2012. Previously served as vice chairman of Senate Ways and Means Committee and chairman of Commerce and Labor committee.
Family: Married to Eleanor Baumgartner. Has five children.
Carmela Conroy
- Party:
- Democratic
- Age:
- 62
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Earned master's degree from U.S. Naval War College School of Command & Staff in 2004, law degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1990 and bachelor's degree in international studies from the University of Washington. Attended Stanford University summer intensive Japanese language program in 1988.
Work Experience: Worked as a foreign service officer in the U.S. Department of State from 1996-2020. Key assignments included: Director of the Japanese Language & Area Studies Field School in Yokohama; political-economic counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo; consul general, U.S. Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan; regional refugee coordinator at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan; political-military affairs chief, U.S. Consulate General in Naha, Japan; political advisor, Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan Afghanistan; watch officer, State Operations Center; political-military affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Deputy prosecutor in the criminal division in the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office from 1992-1996.
Political Experience: First run for office. Former chair of the Spokane County Democratic Party.
Family: Single with no children.
Jacquelin Maycumber
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 45
- City:
- Colville, Washington
Education: Graduated from Republic High School in 1998. Earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Colorado College in 2002. Received a Howard Hughes medical research grant to study HIV/AIDS. Graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy in El Paso County, Colorado.
Work experience: Worked for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office from 2002-2004 then as a legislative aide to then-Representative Shelly Short beginning in 2009.
Political experience: Appointed to her position in early 2017; elected in a special election in November 2017 and has won reelection since. Elected to the Republic School Board in 2015.
Family: Married to Marty Maycumber. Has three children.
Bernadine Bank
- Party:
- Democratic
- Age:
- 65
- City:
- Colbert, Washington
Education: Earned bachelor’s in chemistry at the University of Illinois. Earned medical degree at Northwestern University. Completed her obstetric-gynecology residency at University of Texas Southwestern.
Work experience: Works as a gynecologist, Community Health Association of Spokane starting in 2009. Served as the first head of Gynecology Department at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, 2016-2021. Ran a solo private practice in Dallas, Texas, 2004 - 2006. Worked in group private practice in Dallas, 1991-2004
Political experience: Current precinct committee officer, Democratic chair of 6th Legislative District, and Democratic State Committee Member.
Family: Single. Has two children.
Brian Dansel
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 41
- City:
- Republic, Washington
Education: Earned Associate of Arts degree from Walla Walla Community College. Graduated from Republic High School.
Work experience: Former golf pro, contractor.
Political experience: Elected as Ferry County Commissioner in 2010. Won election to state Senate in 2013 and served as vice chair of both the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committees. Joined Trump Administration in 2017 as a special assistant to the Secretary of Agriculcuture and served as an advisor on the National Economic Council. Later in 2017 appointed as executive director of the USDA’s Washington State Farm Service Agency. In 2019, he was appointed as the USDA’s Pacific Northwest regional director. He was appointed to a seat on the Ferry County Commission in 2023.
Family: Married, one son.
Ann Marie Danimus
- Party:
- Democratic
- Age:
- 54
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from Saint George’s School in 1988 and graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in 1993.
Work experience: Owns marketing company Stubborn Girl Creative, which specializes in small business development, and runs a nonprofit called Stubborn Girl Fund 4 Arts and Education, where she makes short education films and documentaries. Before owning a business, Danimus briefly worked as on-air talent for KXLY Extra.
Political experience: Came in third in three-candidate primary running as an independent in challenge to incumbent Republican state Sen. Mike Padden in August 2020. Ran for Congress in 2022, losing in the primary.
Family: Single, no children. Lives with mother and extended family in Spokane.
Jonathan Bingle
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 38
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from Rogers High School in 2005.
Political experience: Ran for Spokane mayor in 2019; lost in the primary.
Work experience: Bingle, who owns Bingle Enterprises, got into the events businesses while an employee at Applebee's. Finding success, he branched out and started his own company a decade ago. With his wife, Bingle operates Bent Trivia and Bent Events in Spokane. He pivoted during the COVID-19 to work as a contractor.
Family: Married; has one son.
Rene' Holaday
- Party:
- Republican
- Age:
- 53
- City:
- Addy, Washington
Education: Studied engineering at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. Studied wildlife biology at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.
Work experience: Worked various farming jobs as a young woman. Currently works as a professional horse trainer and breeder and as a Christian radio talk show host.
Political experience: Has previously served as a state delegate for the Washington GOP and unsuccessfully ran for Ferry County commissioner in 2010 and 2018. Worked as campaign manager for former state Rep. Matt Shea in 2018 and as his legislative assistant in 2018 and 2019.
Family: Married to Jack Robertson, has one son.
Matthew Welde
- Party:
- Democratic
- City:
- Liberty Lake, Washington
Education: Graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2007 with a bachelor’s in political science and a minor in history. Graduated from Southwestern Law School in 2010.
Work experience: Domestic violence prosecutor starting in 2010. Currently working at Kootenai County. Previously worked for Spokane County for nearly five years. Prior to that, worked in Oklahoma.
Political experience: None.
Family: Married to Susan Welde. Has two children.
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