Candidate Profile: Patrick Clark, challenger for county assessor

Pat Clark is the technical support engineer for Adams County and the challenger in the general election race for Adams County Assessor.

He is a graduate of Kamiakin High School in Kennewick. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Whitman College in Walla Walla. During his junior year of studies he lived abroad and studie at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Clark and his partner, Mary, have lived in Ritzville for three years.

Self-described as driven and energetic, Clark is a rookie on the Ritzville Fire Department.

The following is his candidate statement:

“As...