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Grant County Election results

NANCE BESTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months AGO
by NANCE BESTON
Staff Writer | November 25, 2025 5:59 PM

EPHRATA — The Grant County Election results were certified Tuesday with around 16,000 voters having filed ballots. 

Ephrata  

Columbia Basin Hospital bond:
Yes – 1,268 (43.35%)
No – 1,657 (56.65%)  

Columbia Basin Hospital Commissioner 2
Pamela McLaren – 1,892
Danny Bohnet – 675 

Mayor:
Bruce Reim – 819
Steve Oliver – 937 

Council position 1:
James Mathis – 1,189  

Council position 2:
Kathleen M. Harris – 1,203  

Council position 3:
Matt Moore – 1,309  

Council position 4:
Phil Borck – 1,281 

School board position 3:
Casey Devine – 2,040  

School board position 4:
Jim Adams – 1,940  

School board position 5:
Matthew Truscott – 1,929 

Moses Lake  

Council position 1:
Deanna Martinez – 1,547
Jeremy Davis – 2,166  

Council position 2:
Dustin Swartz – 2,595 

Council position 4:
Mark Fancher – 2,703 

Council position 5:
Jim Perez – 1,051
Joel Graves – 2,613   

School board position 2:
Paul R. Hill – 5,229 

School board position 4:
Lila Baker – 2,117
Mike Nordsten – 4,598   

Quincy  

Mayor:
Manny Rodriguez – 354
Paul Worley – 626 

Council position 2
Jeff Spence – 525
Rob Madera – 455   

Council position 4:
Andrew Royer – 642
Rey Esparza – 341 

Council position 5:
Dave Dormier – 566
Pete Shelton – 369 

School board position 1:
Kacey Kiehn – 1,567 

School board position 2:
Chad Lower – 1,446  

Mattawa  

Mattawa Community Medical Clinic levy lid lift:
Yes – 195 (34.64%)
No – 368 (65.36%)  

Council position 3
Silvia Barajas – 52  

Council position 4:
Antonio Acosta – 40 

Council position 7:
Wendy Lopez – 45 

School board position 2:
Nick Trejo – 362 

School board position 5:
Elia Mendoza – 191
Luke Jenne – 318 

Warden  

Council position 2
Agapito “Speedy” Gonzalez – 150  

Council position 3:
Omar Pruneda – 146 

School board position 1:
Shane Cox – 388  

School board position 2:
Tiffany Hymas – 377  

School board position 4
Bryce Cox – 380  

School board position 5:
Ryan Arredondo – 72
Shawn Clausen – 356   

Soap Lake  

Mayor:
Peter Sharp – 206
Write-in candidate – 186 

Note: Karen Woodhouse had run as a write-in candidate, but not all write-in votes were necessarily cast for her. Further details will be provided as the ballots are reviewed. 

Council position 3:
Andrew Arnold – 287 

Council position 4:
Kayleen Bryson – 328  

School board position 2:
Donald Clark – 579  

School board position 5:
Rebecca Leavell – 410
Mark Novik – 314 


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