Beggs, Wendle To Compete For Spokane Council President

Spokane Public Radio | By Doug Nadvornick

Published August 6, 2019 at 8:28 PM PDT

Spokane City Councilman Breean Beggs and Cindy Wendle will run in November for the right to serve as Spokane city council president. The winner will replace Ben Stuckart, who will leave office after two terms. Stuckart is a finalist for mayor.

Beggs was the top vote getter in a four-person race. He collected 35.3% of the vote. Wendle finished second with 30.8%. Councilman Mike Fagan ran third with 26.7%. Phillip Tyler finished fourth with 6.8%. More votes will be counted over the next 10 days to two weeks.

Beggs was re-elected to a council seat in 2017 after being appointed to the council. That means, even if he loses to Wendle in November, he will retain his council seat.

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