Mitch Townsend
Candidate for Lewis County Auditor
Background
- Occupation
- Business owner; digital engineer
- Campaign website
- mitch4auditor.com
Chair of the Lewis County Republican Party and chair of the Mossyrock School District board; business owner and executive for 35 years with 25 years of accounting experience, and a former instructor at Centralia and Lower Columbia colleges. U.S. Army infantry veteran of 14 years.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Proposes a full financial re-examination of county departments
ReportCandidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General ElectionProvided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
“Initiate a full financial re-examination of all County departments.”
Government & transparency
Pledges to review every auditor's office practice within 30 days
ReportCandidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General ElectionProvided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
“Examine every practice and process within 30 days.”
Proposes auditing voter rolls, including with AI
ReportCandidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General ElectionProvided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
“Audit Lewis County Voter Rolls to ensure 100% accuracy using existing methods and AI.”
Pledges to advocate for state election reform
ReportCandidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General ElectionProvided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
“I will strongly advocate for State Election Reform.”
All sources (3)
- Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General Election: Lewis County
Election filing · Washington Secretary of State · voter.votewa.gov
- November 3, 2026 General Election Sample Ballot, Lewis County
Election filing · Lewis County Elections · elections.lewiscountywa.gov
- Candidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General Election
Provided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
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