Each county race draws only one candidate

DAVENPORT — Candidate filing for the 2026 election closed Friday, May 8, with a single candidate for every major Lincoln County office.

All countywide partisan offices drew a single Republican candidate.

County-level candidates are J. Scott Liebing of Davenport, assessor; Chandra L. Schumacher of Harrington, auditor; Traci Gants of Davenport, clerk; Dan B. Johnson of Davenport, district court judge; Ty Albertson of Odessa, prosecuting attorney; Gabe Gants of Davenport, sheriff; Emily Lybbert-Hansen of Davenport, treasurer; and Rob Coffman of Wilbur, commission District No. 3.

Unlike county races, there’s a contest for the 9th Legislative District, Position No. 2 seat. In that race, incumbent Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, will face Democrat Karina Wallace of Cheney.

Incumbent Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy is the lone candidate for the 9th Legislative District, Position No. 1 seat.

The 9th Legislative District includes all of Lincoln County.

Lincoln County Elections Administrator Norm Caley expects a lower voter turnout because most candidates are unopposed.

Other candidates filing for office are:

Precinct Committee Officers

Republican

Canby – Karrie Paul

Creston Inside – Dale Anderson

Davenport Inside – Shanell Stewart

Edwall – Carroll Paul

Egypt – Jesse Futia

Harrington Rural – Michael Hardy

Harrington Inside – Peter B. Davenport

Lamona – Joseph Michael Melder

Mondovi – Arthur Deppner

Odessa Inside – Susan Freeman

Reardan Inside – Jerry Schulz

Riverview – Dugan Blechschmidt

Seven Bays – Ruth Morgan

Sherman – Becki Krause

Waukon – Craig Madsen

Democrat

Odessa Inside – Ted J. Bruya

With only 15 Republicans and one Democrat filing to fill 46 precincts, parties may appoint the remainder of the precinct committee officer positions.

Congress

The race for 5th Congressional District seats drew numerous candidates.

Incumbent Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane — the lone Republican in the race — has 12 opponents:

Democrat — Mike Gahvarehchee, Michael McGarr, Kevin Fagan and Carmela Conroy, all of Spokane; Bajun R. Mavalwalla of Valley; Richard Freudenberg of Liberty Lake; and David Womack of Walla Walla.

Independent — Nate Powell, Kyle Ursey and Matthew Hayes, all of Spokane; and Andrew Bartleson and Ann Marie Danimus, both of Spokane Valley.

All of the candidates will appear on the Aug. 4 primary election ballot; only the Top 2 advance to the Nov. 3 general election.