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Brandi Peetz
Brandi Peetz (Republican Party) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 4-Position 2. She lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.
Peetz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brandi Peetz earned an associate degree from Spokane Community College in 2013 and a bachelor's degree from Gonzaga University in 2015. Her career experience includes working as a business owner.[1] Peetz has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Association of Washington Cities
- Girl Scouts
- Greater Spokane County Oriented Policing Effort
- Spokane County Livestock Emergency Evacuation Team
- Spokane Substance Abuse Council
- Spokane County Sheriff's Office Citizen's Advisory Board
- Washington State E911
- Washington Traffic Safety Commission
Elections
2024
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 2
Rob Chase defeated Ted Cummings in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rob Chase (R) | 63.5 | 52,902 |
 | Ted Cummings (D)  | 36.3 | 30,208 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 148 | ||
| Total votes: 83,258 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 2 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rob Chase (R) | 24.4 | 10,025 |
| ✔ | | Ted Cummings (D) | 24.0 | 9,886 |
 | Brandi Peetz (R) | 22.9 | 9,408 | |
| Michael Schmidt (R) | 16.3 | 6,715 | ||
| Ed Wood (D) | 8.4 | 3,466 | ||
 | Stephen Major (R) | 3.9 | 1,592 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 41,139 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandi Peetz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Peetz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Brandi has served as the Chair of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) and was active in her community serving on several state and local committees and boards. While on City Council she participated on the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce Board, Visit Spokane Board, Tourism Promotion Area (TPA), Continuum of Care, and Budget Committee, just to name a few.
Her passion and experience are mostly in Public Safety issues but feels she can address additional needs at the State Level to include economic development, affordable housing, education, and advocate to leverage dollars back to the district and the businesses who are the backbone of our state. As a business owner herself, she particularly has a passion for helping individuals obtain opportunities to generate wealth and success.- It is essential to provide a high quality of life for individuals and families to enhance our vibrant community where our citizens can safely work, live, and play. In particular, Washington State has not held citizens accountable who violate the law or pose a threat to our community, which in turn increases the likelihood of our community being a victim of more crimes.
According to a Forbes study, Washington State has one of the highest percentages of retail theft in the United States. That directly correlates with our laws and our lack of accountability standards. Based on our population, we have 48% more reported retail thefts than we should.
We must seek reforms and rebuild trust within our communities and law enforcement. - In order to have a prosperous and sustainable economy, we must focus on strengthening our trades and training new workers, expand technology, continue recruitment of businesses, and expand partnerships throughout Washington. As a border community to Idaho, we often find it difficult to compete with their growing population and incentives for a prosperous and healthy business climate. If we can propose legislation to be less burdensome and costly, we can sustain the amazing businesses we already have and attract new ones to keep up with supply and demand. The most important concept, are free enterprise and free markets that can improve economic mobility, safety, and production.
- While the state has a surplus of money, taxes are at an all time high and aren't stopping anytime soon. The operating budget has more than doubled in the past 10 years. For example, the payroll tax, WA Cares, was implemented and many who pay it may not ever see the benefits of it. This particular tax is financially burdensome especially on those living paycheck-to-paycheck. $50,000 a year, could cost citizens $290 annually which could have serious implications for lower income households. Someone could pay into this system for years, move to another state and never have access to it. We need Washingtonians to keep more of their hard earned money and legislature needs to find creative ways to fund programs and create resources.
Her passion and experience are mostly in Public Safety issues but feels she can address additional needs at the State Level to include economic development, affordable housing, education, and advocate to leverage dollars back to the district and the businesses who are the backbone of our state.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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