Lisa Brown (Washington)
2024 - Present
2027
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Lisa Brown is the Mayor of Spokane in Washington. She assumed office on January 1, 2024. Her current term ends on December 31, 2027.
Brown ran for election for Mayor of Spokane in Washington. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Brown served as a Democrat in the state House and Senate between 1997 and 2013.[1]
Biography
Brown received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1978 and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1986. Brown's professional experience includes serving as a professor at Eastern Washington University and Gonzaga University, as chancellor of Washington State University Spokane from 2013 to 2017, and as director of the Washington State Department of Commerce from 2019 to 2023.[2][3][4]
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Spokane, Washington (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of Spokane
Lisa Brown defeated incumbent Nadine Woodward in the general election for Mayor of Spokane on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Brown (Nonpartisan) | 51.7 | 36,601 |
| Nadine Woodward (Nonpartisan) | 47.7 | 33,748 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 380 | ||
| Total votes: 70,729 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Spokane
Lisa Brown and incumbent Nadine Woodward defeated Tim Archer, Patrick McKann, and Kelly Stevens in the primary for Mayor of Spokane on August 1, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Brown (Nonpartisan) | 47.5 | 24,879 |
| ✔ | Nadine Woodward (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 19,153 | |
| Tim Archer (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 6,732 | ||
| Patrick McKann (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 1,092 | ||
 | Kelly Stevens (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 440 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 46 | ||
| Total votes: 52,342 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 5
Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers defeated Lisa Brown in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 54.8 | 175,422 |
| Lisa Brown (D) | 45.2 | 144,925 | |
| Total votes: 320,347 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5
Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Lisa Brown defeated Dave Saulibio, Jered Gavin Bonneau, and Kari Ilonummi in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 49.3 | 99,689 |
| ✔ | | Lisa Brown (D) | 45.4 | 91,738 |
 | Dave Saulibio (Trump Populist Party) | 2.4 | 4,845 | |
 | Jered Gavin Bonneau (R) | 2.2 | 4,453 | |
| Kari Ilonummi (R) | 0.7 | 1,507 | ||
| Total votes: 202,232 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Krystol McGee (L)
- Eric Agnew (Independent)
- Matthew Sutherland (D)
2008
| Washington State Senate, District 3 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Lisa Brown (D)
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30,893 | |||
| John Moyna (I) | 10,598 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lisa Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Campaign website
Brown’s campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
Top Issues You can read Lisa's column in The Spokesman-Review on how she'll protect our democratic institutions, and put the Constitution and the laws of the U.S. over either political party. You can also read Lisa's column in The Spokesman-Review on special interests and why voters have lost trust in Congress, and what Lisa will do to put an end to dark money, in addition to Lisa's column on tariffs and trade policies that hurt eastern Washington farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers, and how she'll put their priorities first in Congress. Contact us at lisa@lisabrownforcongress.com to share your thoughts and priorities. Check back here as we continue to add policy statements. As your representative in Congress, here's what Lisa will work for:
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| —Lisa Brown’s campaign website (2018)[6] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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State legislative tenure
Scorecards
Freedom Foundation
2012
- See also: Washington Freedom Foundation Legislative Scorecard (2012)
The Freedom Foundation issued its 2012 Informed Voter Guide for Washington State voters, including a legislative score card documenting how Washington State legislators voted upon bills the Foundation deemed important legislation. The legislation analyzed covered budget, taxation, and pension issues.[7] A 
sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a 
sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Brown voted on the specific pieces of legislation:
| 2012 Senate Scorecard - Lisa Brown | |||||||||||
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| Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)
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Bill #5967 (Senate Republicans budget)
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Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)
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Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)
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| N | N | Y | N | ||||||||
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brown served on the following committees:
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington State Standard, "Lisa Brown on track to be Spokane’s next mayor," November 13, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Lisa J Brown," accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ Iowa State University Archives of Women's Political Communication, "Lisa Brown," accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ The Spokesman-Review, "Lisa Brown," accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lisa Brown for Congress, "Issues,” accessed October 2, 2018
- ↑ Freedom Foundation, "Legislative Voting Record," accessed October 10, 2013
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Nadine Woodward |
Mayor of Spokane 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Washington State Senate District 3 1997-2013 |
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Washington House of Representatives 1993-1997 |
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