Jack Geraghty (1934-2023)

Former mayor of Spokane, Jack Geraghty, died Thursday night.

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Fri., Dec. 8, 2023

Jack Geraghty likes to find the middle ground, a place ``between a whisper and a shout," he said in 1997.

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Jack Geraghty, former Spokane County Commissioner and former Spokane Mayor, as well as Expo ’74 organizer, listens to Mayor David Condon speak, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at the opening of the Sister Cities Connections Garden in Riverfront Park.

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Vice President Al Gore speaks during a rally at SFCC in 1996. Left to right in the background, Patty Murray, Jack Geraghty, Roberta Greene and John Roskelley were on hand to lend their support.

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Spokane city councilman Orville Barnes and former mayor Jack Geraghty share a laugh during a city council worshop in Spokane, Wash., in February 1994.

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Former Spokane County Commissioner and Mayor Jack Geraghty, photographed in October 1993.

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Jack Geraghty posed for a photo when he was running for Mayor. Photo taken last week of August,1993.

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Jack Geraghty became the mayor of Spokane in December, 1993 and is seen in his office in Spokane, Wash. before being sworn into office as mayor.

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Jack Geraghty greets supporters at the Ridpath Hotel in Nov. 1993 in Spokane, Wash. on the night of his election as the cities mayor.

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Elsa Bryan points out flags on Primitive Art piece to Jack Geraghty, Expo official, on Aug. 4, 1974.

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Spokane County Auditor Frank J. Glover, left, administers the oath of office today to County Commissioners William O. Allen, second from right, and Jack V. Geraghty, right. Allen won re-election and Geraghty defeated incumbent Ralph E. Umbreit in the November election. Taking part in the ceremony is Commissioner Howard T. Ball, who today took over as chairman of the board of commissioners. Geraghty and Allen both are Democrats; Ball is a Republican. Jan. 11, 1965.

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