Ty Stober, Clark County Auditor

Field	Detail	Source
Full Name	Ty Stober	T1
Residence	Vancouver, Clark County, WA (PDC committee address PO Box 433, Vancouver, WA 98666). Described as a 27-year Clark County resident who lives in the county with his husband.	T1
Party	Clark County Auditor is a county nonpartisan office; the August 4, 2026 primary ballot lists no party preference for any auditor candidate. The Vancouver City Council seat Stober holds is also nonpartisan. Stober is broadly identified in local coverage as a Democrat, and his campaign frames the auditor role as one that "works best when it is accurate, professional, and nonpartisan."	T1
Education		T1
Employment		T1

1 Election History

Year	Race	Result
2026		Pending. Open seat: incumbent Auditor Greg Kimsey announced he would not seek re-election after roughly 27 years in office. Four candidates filed: Ty Stober (Vancouver City Councilmember), Sharon Wylie (state representative), Eileen Quiring O'Brien (former Clark County Councilor), and Mitchell Kelly (county staffer). Nonpartisan office; top two advance from the August 4, 2026 primary to the November 3, 2026 general election.
2023		Won. Elected to current term on November 7, 2023 (term through 2027).
2019		Won re-election.
2015		Won. First elected in November 2015.

Topic	Position	Source
Election Administration and Voter Trust		T2
County Financial Management		T2

Metric	Value	Source
Filing Entity	PDC candidate committee TY STOBER (filer_id STOBT 660, committee id 40990, person id 1601), Clark County Auditor, registered 2026-01-16, candidacy declared 2026-05-04, full reporting. 2026 cycle as of 2026-07-04: $37,830.89 total contributions; $33,072.75 total expenditures; $0.00 cash carried forward; $0.00 candidate loans; $0.00 outstanding debts; $0.00 pledges. Treasurer Marsha Manning. On the August 4, 2026 primary ballot; general election date 2026-11-03. Committee has filed reports. Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov dataset 3h9x-7bvm), as_of 2026-07-04.	T1

Announcement of candidacy for Clark County Auditor (2026-01-06)

Campaign statement on the auditor role (2026-01-06)

1 sourced findings. All sourced at T1 (Official Record) or T2 (Multi-Source Media) per clearthemud provenance model. No T3/T4 claims included.

What happened: On August 2, 2023, the Washington Public Disclosure Commission opened enforcement case 140460 after a complaint that Ty Stober's Vancouver City Council campaign received and deposited a contribution above the statutory limit set by RCW 42.17A.405. The over-limit portion traced to a donor whose original 2021 gift was sized on the expectation that additional opponents would appear on the general election ballot. After the complaint, the campaign refunded the over-limit amount and amended the affected reports. PDC staff treated it as a minor violation and closed the case with a written warning, with no monetary penalty, noting the expectation that Stober would follow contribution limits in future campaigns.
Source tier: T1
Political impact: Low
Defense: The matter was resolved as a minor violation with a written warning and no fine. The campaign refunded the over-limit contribution and corrected its reports once the issue was raised, and the original contribution reflected a good-faith reading of how many candidates would reach the general election ballot. The complaint was filed by Glen Morgan, who has filed large volumes of PDC complaints across Washington campaigns.

Data Sources: WA SOS, WA PDC, local media, public records
Collection Date: 2026-07-04
Highest Tier: T1 (Official Record)
Methodology: OSINT deep-dive using exclusively public-record sources. All findings at T1 or T2. No T3/T4 claims included.