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2 candidates are tracked for Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Preston McCollam and Danny Tarkenton. Candidate information follows official Spokane County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Both a short unexpired term and a full four-year term are on this ballot because Larry Haskell resigned in July 2025, per the county's own announcement. Washington runs a top-two primary on August 4, 2026: every candidate for an office appears on one ballot, any voter may participate regardless of party, and the two highest vote-getters advance to November 3.
The sitting prosecuting attorney, sworn in as interim on a unanimous 5 to 0 commission vote in 2025, per the county's own announcement. He had been with the office for a decade and was named head of its criminal division in 2023, and he previously served as a Benton County deputy prosecutor, per that announcement and his state voters' guide statement. He taught trial advocacy as an adjunct at Gonzaga's law school from 2015 to 2022, per the same statement.
2026 priorities
- Prioritizing violent crime, drug trafficking and crimes against children, per his campaign site
- Centering crime victims in prosecutorial decisions, per his campaign site
- Close working relationships with law enforcement agencies, per his campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-31.
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A Spokane County deputy prosecutor handling criminal and involuntary treatment proceedings on a docket of more than 500 cases, per her state voters' guide statement. She served six years in the Army National Guard, four of them activated, including a deployment to Iraq as a sergeant and training noncommissioned officer, per the same statement, and holds a law degree from Gonzaga while completing a master's in forensic psychology at Arizona State University.
2026 priorities
- Using a forensic psychology background to reduce repeat offending, per her state voters' guide statement
- Running the office independent of political parties, per her campaign site
- Confronting the county jail's cost and record overdose deaths, per her state voters' guide statement
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-31.
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