County Auditor
August 4, 2026 · Clark County, Washington · County · primary
How do we calculate vote impact?
Vote impact = representation (how much weight one vote carries here, the smaller the district's population, the higher the representation) + decisiveness (how likely this race is to be close, based on past results and number of candidates).
Representation: Low · 21 out of 100
This district is large for its type, so each vote is a smaller slice of the outcome. About 516,959 people live here.
score = 100 × ln(largest population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(largest ÷ smallest), rounded to 2 decimals = 100 × ln(2,287,171 ÷ 516,959) ÷ ln(2,287,171 ÷ 2,353) = 21.62, comparing counties in WA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ average, otherwise low)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No past results for this contest yet.
Low representation + unknown decisiveness → Below average vote impact.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
County Auditor is responsible for:
- Checking county spending and financial records
- Watching for waste, fraud, and errors in county programs
- Handling payroll, payments, or election duties in some counties
Affected Areas: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Election Integrity, Corporate Accountability
Candidates
Eileen Quiring O'Brien
Nonpartisan · declared
Eileen Quiring O'Brien is a former Clark County Council chair and District 4 councilor who previously served in the Oregon House and Senate. Her professional background includes small-business ownership, nonprofit executive leadership, and work as a real-estate broker and appraiser.
Records: Election Integrity 1 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 for
Mitchell Kelly
Nonpartisan · declared
Mitchell Kelly is a Clark County deputy auditor with 15 years of public-finance and auditing experience. His earlier roles include reporting and analysis manager in the Clark County Auditor's Office, financial analyst for Southwest Washington Behavioral Health, and assistant Washington state auditor.
Records: Election Integrity 1 for, Government Efficiency 8 for
Sharon Wylie
Nonpartisan · declared
Sharon Wylie is the Washington State Representative for District 49, Position 1, serving since 2011, and previously served in the Oregon Legislature from 1993 through 1998. Her career also includes county government-relations, risk-management, human-resources, city-administration, consulting, and business work.
Ty Stober
Nonpartisan · declared
Ty Stober is a Vancouver City Councilmember, first elected in 2015 and reelected in 2019 and 2023. He has private-sector leadership experience in technology, energy efficiency, operations, and financial systems and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Election sources
Source: voter.votewa.gov
Source: www2.sos.wa.gov