Marc S. Straub
Republican · WA · Douglas County Commissioner, District 3
Marc Straub has served eight years as District 3 county commissioner and spent 17 years leading Building North Central Washington. He emphasizes infrastructure, managed growth, fiscal discipline, housing, and public safety.
Where Marc S. Straub stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 oppose
Moved to approve the county's standard contract terms with the state social services agency (DSHS), but without its COVID-19 vaccine requirement clause. The motion passed.
May 9, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Sued Gov. Jay Inslee, along with the other two county commissioners and local residents, to end his COVID-19 emergency orders in Chelan and Douglas counties. The plaintiffs wanted closed businesses allowed to reopen.
May 22, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: wenatcheeworld.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 2 oppose
Moved to have the county formally oppose Proposition 1, a ballot measure to set one port district property tax rate across Chelan and Douglas counties. The motion passed 2-0.
October 24, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Moved to give $140,000 in federal aid to the Chelan Douglas Community Action Council for its food bank building project. The motion passed.
January 10, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Moved to adopt Douglas County's 2020 budget. The same motion raised the county's general and road property tax levies by the inflation factor. It passed 3-0.
December 2, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Seconded the county's split of opioid settlement money. It gave $26,261.31 to a drug task force, $111,526.20 for sheriff's cameras, and $250,000 toward a 24-hour crisis response center.
April 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Moved to approve a deal with East Wenatchee to use a state auto theft grant for Flock license plate cameras in the city and county. The motion passed.
November 12, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Seconded an ordinance letting Douglas County keep part of the state sales tax to pay for affordable and supportive housing (House Bill 1406). The board passed it 3-0.
October 29, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Seconded the county's split of opioid settlement money. It gave $26,261.31 to a drug task force, $111,526.20 for sheriff's cameras, and $250,000 toward a 24-hour crisis response center.
April 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Moved to give $140,000 in federal aid to the Chelan Douglas Community Action Council for its food bank building project. The motion passed.
January 10, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Received the unanimous 17-0 endorsement of the Douglas County Republican Central Committee for county commissioner.
June 1, 2026
Source: douglascountyrepublicans.org
Moved to appoint Undersheriff Tyler Caille as Douglas County sheriff to finish Kevin Morris's term. The board approved it 3-0.
February 17, 2026
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Voted with the full board to reject a deal that would have moved about 600 homes into the city of East Wenatchee. He had said the county would lose about $1.2 million in sales tax.
May 10, 2022
Source: ncwlife.com
Signed, as board chair, the county's comments on the Badger Mountain solar project near East Wenatchee. The letter asked the state to study other sites, land use, glare, and battery fire risk.
March 30, 2022
Source: efsec.wa.gov
Voted yes on new county rules for where wind and solar farms can be built, including setbacks. The rules passed 3-0.
January 18, 2022
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Co-wrote a newspaper opinion piece with the other two commissioners opposing a Douglas PUD fee plan. The plan charged Microsoft's planned data center 10 times the current rate to move its power over PUD lines.
April 14, 2021
Source: wenatcheeworld.com
Moved to pause new permits for wind and solar farms in Douglas County for one year. The board passed the pause 3-0.
September 15, 2020
Source: douglascountywa.gov
Joined the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board as Douglas County's member. This five-member regional board guides salmon recovery work in north central Washington.
March 4, 2019
Source: ucsrb.org
Past race Marc S. Straub ran in:
- Douglas County Commissioner District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Douglas County, Washington · incumbent