Nadine Woodward | |
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47th Mayor of Spokane | |
In office December 30, 2019 –December 31, 2023 | |
Preceded by | David Condon |
Succeeded by | Lisa Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | Vancouver,Washington,U.S. | January 27,1962
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Portland (Bachelor's degree) |
Nadine Woodward (born January 27,1962) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Spokane,Washington from December 30,2019 to January 1,2024. She succeeded David Condon in December 2019. Prior to her election,Woodward worked as a news anchor. [1] [2] Woodward lost her bid for reelection in 2023 and was succeeded by former Washington State Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown. [3]
Raised in Vancouver,Washington,Woodward graduated from Hudson's Bay High School in 1980 [4] before attending the University of Portland,graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor's degree in Communications Management.
After working at television stations in Idaho,Woodward moved to Spokane,Washington in 1990,where she worked for KREM and KXLY-TV. [5] [6]
Woodward's campaign for mayor was initially managed by Eleanor Baumgartner,wife of Republican politician Michael Baumgartner,and supported by incumbent mayor David Condon. Despite being nonpartisan,Woodward was supported by a number of Republican-leaning groups,and she stated her opposition to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election. [7] [8]
On August 20,2023,during her reelection campaign and after the primary election for the 2023 Spokane mayoral election,Woodward appeared on stage alongside Sean Feucht and former state representative Matt Shea at a Christian nationalist prayer event [9] hosted at The Podium in downtown Spokane,which was part of Feucht's national tour of the United States. [10] [11] Woodward prayed alongside Feucht and Shea,and was prayed for while on stage by Feucht and Shea,which led to nationwide coverage [12] as Feucht is a self-described Christian nationalist who has been criticized for anti-LGBT rhetoric [9] and Shea is controversial far-right figure who was expelled from the state Republican Party after an independent investigation found him to have been engaged in domestic terrorism. [13] [9] Woodward subsequently claimed she was unaware of who Feucht was prior to the event,and that she did not know Shea would be involved in the event. [14] The fallout from Woodward's appearance at the event led to calls for her resignation [14] and a push for censure from members of the Spokane City Council. [15] On September 8,Woodward gave an interview to KHQ-TV in which she stated her intention to "get ahead of [the controversy]" in which she denied knowing Shea would be part of the event and stated she did not previously know who Feucht was. Woodward stated she attended the event to pray for those affected by wildfires like the Oregon Road and Gray Fire which had been burning around Spokane County at the time. [14]
During her time as mayor,Woodward was an advocate for increased housing supply in Spokane. In 2021,she stated that Spokane was in a housing emergency. In 2022,she supported to relax zoning regulations in Spokane on an interim basis,permitting duplexes,triplexes,quadplexes and townhomes in all residential zones of Spokane. In 2023,she supported legislation to permanently allow up to six units per lot in residential areas,as well as allow nonresidential businesses (such as grocery stores) and facilities (such as schools and churches) in residential areas. [16]
Woodward narrowly lost her bid for re-election in the 2023 Spokane mayoral election and officially conceded on November 13,2023. [17]
KXLY-TV is a television station in Spokane,Washington,United States,affiliated with ABC and owned by Morgan Murphy Media. Its studios are located on West Boone Avenue in Spokane,and its transmitter is located on Mount Spokane. The station's MeTV-affiliated second digital subchannel is also seen in the Yakima–Tri-Cities market on sister stations and fellow ABC affiliates KAPP and KVEW.
KREM is a television station in Spokane,Washington,United States,affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside CW affiliate KSKN. The two stations share studios on South Regal Street in the Southgate neighborhood of Spokane;KREM's transmitter is on Krell Hill to the southeast.
KHQ-TV is a television station in Spokane,Washington,United States,affiliated with NBC. It is the flagship and namesake of the KHQ Television Group,a subsidiary of the locally based Cowles Company,which also owns The Spokesman-Review newspaper. KHQ-TV's studios are located on West Sprague Avenue in Downtown Spokane,and its transmitter is located on Krell Hill southeast of the city. The station also operates a 24-hour sports and weather channel called SWX Right Now on digital subchannel 6.2.
KSKN is a television station in Spokane,Washington,United States,affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside CBS affiliate KREM. Both stations share studios on South Regal Street in Spokane,while KSKN's transmitter is on Krell Hill southeast of Spokane.
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The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane,Washington,the city's sole remaining daily publication. It has the third-highest readership among daily newspapers in the state,with most of its readership base in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
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The 2023 Spokane mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the mayor of Spokane in the U.S. state of Washington. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Republican mayor Nadine Woodward,who ran for a second term,and former Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown advanced to the general election as the top two candidates in the top-two primary on August 1,2023. On November 10,three days after the general election,Lisa Brown was declared the winner.
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