SPOKANE, Wash. -- Alejandro Barrientos' eligibility to run for Spokane City Council is being legally challenged, just 8 days before Election Day.

Elaine Rosato tells 4 News Now that she and two others filed a complaint in superior court this morning, arguing Barrientos hasn't lived in District 2 for enough time to qualify as its representative.

It's a story we brought you on Friday, and was first reported by

The Spokane City Charter states that candidates must be qualified voters who have lived in both the city and the district they are running for during the year immediately preceding the filing deadline.

Barrientos filed his candidacy in 2025, meaning he needed to have lived in District 2 for the entire year prior.

Last week, RANGE Media obtained divorce documents that show Barrient

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