Skip to content
Elections Simplified

Isaiah Paine

Republican · WA · Vice Chair, Spokane County Solid Waste Advisory Committee

Official website

Isaiah Paine is a father, husband, business consultant and housing advocate who serves as Vice Chair of the Spokane Solid Waste Advisory Committee, coaches youth sports and serves at his local church. He argues Eastern Washington needs policy tailored to its own needs.

Where Isaiah Paine stands, based on their records

Supports

Housing Affordability (3 records), Election Integrity (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 3 support

  • Published a July 17, 2024 Spokane Home Builders Association piece as its strategy and public affairs officer attacking the Spokane City Council's blanket ban on new development in parts of the city, arguing it took land offline while Spokane County was already at least 35,000 housing units underbuilt.

    July 17, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: shba.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Opposed Spokane's Sustainability Action Plan in an October 2021 statement for the Spokane Home Builders Association. He said the plan set no measurable targets and traded away housing affordability.

    October 27, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: shba.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Published a May 5, 2021 Spokane Home Builders Association position piece as its government affairs director that faulted the City of Spokane's 20-year comprehensive plan for producing far less housing density than it claimed, and argued for simplified zoning, accessory dwelling units and infill incentives against a 32,000-unit shortfall.

    May 5, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: shba.com · researched July 23, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support

  • Published a Sept. 10, 2021 Spokane Home Builders Association piece as government affairs director criticizing the pre-election court challenges, brought by one Seattle law firm, that struck local ballot initiatives in Spokane and western Washington before voters could weigh in on them.

    September 10, 2021Supports Election Integrity

    Source: shba.com · researched July 23, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support

  • Succeeded Cecily Wright as head of the Spokane County Republican Party central committee on Aug. 3, 2018 after her resignation over hosting an accused white nationalist, moving up from vice chair, and issued public statements that racism and bigotry have no legitimate place in any political party.

    August 3, 2018Supports Civil Rights

    Source: kxly.com · researched July 23, 2026

Track record — General

General · 2 records

  • Built a public-affairs career documented in Spokesman-Review reporting published July 6, 2026: legislative aide to former state Rep. Kevin Parker, communications director at True Hope Church, work for Republic Services, six years at the Spokane Home Builders Association where he is now public affairs and strategy officer, and a prior term as vice chair of the Spokane County Republicans.

    July 6, 2026

    Source: spokesman.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Announced the Spokane Home Builders Association's slate of Spokane City Council endorsements on July 21, 2021 as the association's government affairs director, framing the picks around candidates who backed home ownership and housing supply.

    July 21, 2021

    Source: shba.com · researched July 23, 2026

Past race Isaiah Paine ran in:

Profile last researched August 7, 2026.