There are just under 8,000 ballots left, but with more than 64,000 ballots already counted, the Spokesman-Review determined that Brown’s lead is insurmountable given how results have trended in the last several days.
“I’m very grateful to have been chosen by the voters to be the next Mayor of Spokane,” Brown said in a statement Friday. “Thank you to the volunteers and everyone who believed in our vision of a better way. I’m ready and excited to get to work for the city that we love.”
Woodward has not yet conceded. Leading up to election night, only two mayors — David Rogers in 1973 and David Condon in 2015 —
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