I’m elliot robison and this is my journey to county clerk.
A family six generations strong in spokane county.
My family history here has been one of service, spanning vocations in law enforcement, healthcare, military, education, and the environment. Now, I am hoping to continue this tradition of working for the public good by serving as your County Clerk.
born down in the Palouse.
My parents and I lived in a little farm house in the rolling hills while they finished up school. They soon moved to the city, where I was joined by siblings and began life in Spokane.
A childhood full of appreciation of place.
This included traveling through the Western national parks, fishing in local lakes, enjoying seasonal festivities like fall at Green Bluff, and soaking in the sun playing soccer at the South Hill Sports Complex. Reading was another constant; I nearly always had my head in a book.
never one to turn down opportunities for education or helping people.
In Spokane, I attended Hutton Elementary, Sacajawea Middle School, and Lewis and Clark High School. Never one to turn down an opportunity for education, I graduated as a National AP Scholar, scoring credits in 16 Exams, enough for the award twice over. I also loved extracurricular activities, receiving varsity across chamber orchestra, debate, Knowledge Bowl, robotics, and cross country, qualifying for regionals in each, and competing in state for cross country. Despite all these commitments, I still made time to volunteer as a peer tutor, early signs of my passion for making my technical knowledge accessible to others.
a broadening worldview by Attending university University of British Columbia.
I believe it is important to understand the broader world, so I chose to pursue my undergraduate degree at the University of British Colombia, a school similar to UW, but with a larger international student population. Initially seeking a degree in biophysics, I eventually settled on a BSC in Mathematics. At this point I was still unsure of my eventual career and wanted to pick a path with the most flexible foundation. I knew that I wanted to support other people performing technical work and that kind of leadership requires the capacity for nuance.
returning to spokane roots and putting knowledge to work.
I returned to Spokane with the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, where I met my partner, Emily. For a post-grad living, I worked as a craft bartender. Designing recipes and chatting with customers got my by until I began working at CHAS as a Business Intelligence Analyst, a role built on systemic health records navigation to support patients and providers alike.
cultivating a deeply rooted love of botany.
Roots took hold in more ways than one. Living near Spokane’s Lincoln Park sparked a new love for botany. Since then, I have become chair for the Northeast Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, and spend my free time traveling all over Spokane County, be that Mt. Spokane State park, Liberty Lake Park, or Turnbull Wildlife Refuge. I have developed a deep fondness for Spokane County as a place.
Making technical more accessible.
I understand just how important community is for supporting the lives of ordinary people. My most recent commitment, Director of Strategy for the Spokane Young Democrats, is my fourth concurrent board position for community groups. I donate my time by helping in regular restoration work around Spokane Parks, and perform a variety of educational seminars. In this campaign for Spokane County Clerk, I am using my expertise in digital infrastructure to build standardized campaign tools to share with the community and lower the barrier to run for office. County Clerk, with its file management and citizen-centered leadership role, is a natural next step in my life: An opportunity to support the community by making the technical world of government and legal documentation more accessible for the people of Spokane County.
Let’s put a democrat in the county clerk position for the first in four decades!
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