Voters in the city of Spokane will choose three new city council members during next week’s general election. They’ll also pick three people to serve as municipal court judges. One incumbent, Kristin O’Sullivan, is unopposed. Two of her seat mates have challengers.

Today, we’ll focus on the race with candidates Gloria Ochoa-Bruck and Sarah Freedman. You can find a deeper dive into the race between Mary Logan and Lynden Smithson here .

Ochoa-Bruck was first elected to Spokane’s municipal court bench in 2021.

Courtesy Gloria Ochoa-Bruck

Hers is the prototypical American immigrant success story. She was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. with her family while still a baby. They settled in Pasco and opened a retail business. Ochoa-Bruck worked through high school, and earned first a b

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