Soap Lake general election update

SOAP LAKE – As of Wednesday at 5 p.m., both Soap Lake Council members Andrew Arnold and Kayleen Bryson have been re-elected by voters, both running unopposed. Rebecca Leavell is leading in the Soap Lake school board position five. The Soap Lake mayoral race is still too close to call. According to the Grant County Auditor, there are still around 4,600 ballots left to count. Around 10,000 ballots have been counted already.  

Council 

As of the last ballot count, Arnold received 149 votes, with 11 write-in responses. He ran unopposed. Arnold was appointed by the city council at the April 16 meeting. Bryson received 168 votes with four write-in responses. She ran unopposed. She was elected in 2021 during an unopposed election.  

Mayor 

The Soap Lake Mayoral race is still too close to call, with 103 votes for incumbent Peter Sharp and 90 write-in responses.  

Council member Karen Woodhouse ran in opposition to Sharp as a write-in candidate. It is unknown at this time how many of the write-in votes are for Woodhouse.  

School 

Rebecca Leavell is leading the polls for position five. She has 244 votes or nearly 58% of the vote. Mark Novick has received 174 votes or nearly 41% of the vote. There were five write-in responses. 

Incumbent Donald Clark ran unopposed for school director position two; he has received 347 votes with 7 write-in responses. 

The 2025 general election will be certified Nov. 20. 

    Rebecca Leavell is leading the initial polls for Soap Lake School District board position five, with 244 votes.