| Field | Detail | Source |
|---|
| Full Name | Scott G. Weber | T1 |
| Residence | Vancouver, Clark County, WA (PDC committee address 15512 NE 87th St, Vancouver, WA 98682). | T1 |
| Party | Republican. County Clerk is a partisan county office in Clark County and party preference appears on the official Clark County results for each of his contested elections (2010, 2014, 2018). | T1 |
| Employment | | T1 |
1 Election History
| Year | Race | Result |
|---|
| 2026 | | Pending. Incumbent seeking a fifth term. Three candidates filed, Scott G. Weber, Gerald E. Gray and Rachel Shapiro. Primary August 4, 2026; general November 3, 2026. With three candidates filed, the top two advance from the primary to the general election. |
| 2022 | | Won. General election November 8, 2022: Scott G. Weber 126,222 votes (98.12%), write-ins 2,417 (1.88%). Ran effectively unopposed. |
| 2018 | | Won. General election November 6, 2018: Weber (Republican) 98,927 votes (52.94%) defeated Barbara L. Melton (Democrat) 87,939 votes (47.06%). |
| 2014 | | Won. General election November 4, 2014: Weber (Republican) 67,450 votes (57.86%) defeated Deanna Pauli-Hammond (Democrat) 49,127 votes (42.14%). |
| 2010 | | Won (first elected). General election November 2, 2010: Weber (Republican) 70,429 votes (50.62%) defeated Sherry Parker (Democrat) 68,710 votes (49.38%). |
2 Political Positions
| Topic | Position | Source |
|---|
| Structure of the Clerk's Office (elected vs. appointed) | | T2 |
3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|
| Filing Entity | PDC candidate committee for Scott G. Weber (committee email friiendsofscottweber@gmail.com, filer_id "WEBES 682", committee id 41650), Clark County, registered 2026-04-27, candidacy declared 2026-05-04. Filed under the PDC mini reporting option, which applies to candidates who expect limited fundraising and spending and are therefore not required to file itemized contribution or expenditure reports. As of the access date the PDC datasets show no itemized contributions and no itemized expenditures for the 2026 cycle (has_reports: false). Treasurer Scott G. Weber (self). On the primary ballot; election date 2026-11-03. Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov dataset 3h9x-7bvm), as_of 2026-07-04. | T1 |
4 Notable Public Statements
Clark County Council debate on making the clerk an appointed position (2025-07-16)
5 Vulnerability Assessment
1 sourced findings. All sourced at T1 (Official Record) or T2 (Multi-Source Media) per clearthemud provenance model. No T3/T4 claims included.
Finding 5.1: Superior Court sought to strip the elected clerk position that Weber holds MODERATE
- What happened
- In July 2025, the Clark County Superior Court asked the County Council to place a measure before voters that would convert the county clerk from an elected office to one appointed by the court. Judge Derek Vanderwood argued the change would improve court operations and that similar arrangements work in other Washington counties. Judges pointed to frustrations with the OnBase case management system, a transition Weber oversaw, and to broader questions about efficiency and cost. Weber, the sitting clerk since 2011, opposed the change and argued the office should remain independent and directly accountable to voters. On July 30, 2025, the County Council took no action and deferred the question to the 2026 Charter Review Commission. The dispute is a public disagreement between the incumbent clerk and the Superior Court he serves over how his office is run and structured.
- Source tier
- T2
- Political impact
- Moderate
- Defense
- Weber argued that an appointed clerk could find it difficult to decline an improper request from the judges who hired them, and that keeping the office elected preserves independence and accountability to voters. The County Treasurer and Assessor publicly agreed the Charter Review Commission, not the Council, was the proper forum, and the Council deferred rather than acted, so no finding of misconduct was made.
- https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/jul/09/clark-county-superior-court-wants-county-clerk-to-be-an-appointed-not-elected-position/
- https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/jul/16/clerk-should-be-independent-and-directly-accountable-to-the-voters-clerk-scott-weber-weighs-in-as-clark-county-council-debates-changing-position-to-appointment/
- https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/public-comment-prevails-no-action-taken-on-clerk-agenda-item-at-clark-county-council-meeting/
6 Source Verification
- 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.