Tawny Szumlas (Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Tawny Szumlas is running for election to the Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5 in Washington. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source] She was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.[source]
Szumlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Tawny Szumlas provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on June 18, 2025:
- Birth date: May 4, 1979
- Birth place: Moscow, Idaho
- High school: Pullman High School
- Bachelor's: Washington State University, 2002
- Gender: Female
- Profession: Small Business Owner / Educator
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Rooted in Pullman
- Campaign website
Elections
General election
General election for Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5
John Cassleman and Tawny Szumlas are running in the general election for Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| John Cassleman (Nonpartisan) | ||
Tawny Szumlas (Nonpartisan)  | ||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Pullman City Council Ward 3 Position 5 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Collin Bannister (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Federico C. Bartolo III (Nonpartisan) | ||
| John Cassleman (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Dave Gibney (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Karl Olsen (Nonpartisan) | ||
| V. Shae Ortega (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Tawny Szumlas (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Michele Jandi Utzman (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tawny Szumlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Szumlas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I want to bring back economic vitality to our downtown.
- I’m interested in making better decisions concerning our long term health and prosperity, including the housing and job market
- I want to help to help a shepherd in a new era of “yes we can” attitude at both the citizen level and the city level
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
