Chad Whetzel
Republican · WA · Whitman County Commissioner, District 3
Chad Whetzel has been a Whitman County commissioner since March 2025 and has owned a horseshoeing business for 28 years. He has chaired the county planning commission and is a captain with Whitman County Fire District 12.
Where Chad Whetzel stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Made the motion to give $25,000 of opioid settlement money to the Whitman County Recovery Center in Pullman for peer recovery services. The motion passed.
August 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Made the motion to give $25,000 of opioid settlement money to the Whitman County Recovery Center in Pullman for peer recovery services. The motion passed.
August 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Made the motion to award a $1,247,575 contract for new guardrails and road guideposts across the county. The motion passed.
August 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Seconded a $1,000,000 county economic development grant to the Port of Whitman for a technology and business-scaling building. The money is paid over three years. The motion passed.
September 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Made the motion to give $25,000 of opioid settlement money to the Whitman County Recovery Center in Pullman for peer recovery services. The motion passed.
August 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Made the motion to award a $1,247,575 contract for new guardrails and road guideposts across the county. The motion passed.
August 3, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Made the motion to send a county letter opposing Senate Bill 5974, a state bill changing rules for sheriffs and police chiefs. The motion passed.
May 4, 2026
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Also on this bill
- May 4, 2026 · Made the motion for the county to back the sheriff joining a lawsuit that challenges state Senate Bill 5974 as unconstitutional. The motion passed. (General)
Made the motion for the county to back the sheriff joining a lawsuit that challenges state Senate Bill 5974 as unconstitutional. The motion passed.
May 4, 2026
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Also on this bill
- May 4, 2026 · Made the motion to send a county letter opposing Senate Bill 5974, a state bill changing rules for sheriffs and police chiefs. The motion passed. (General)
Argued at a public meeting that commissioners, not an advisory ballot vote, should decide a new 0.1% county sales tax for courts and law enforcement.
March 30, 2026
Source: pullmanradio.com
Made the motion to adopt stricter county rules for commercial wind farms. Opponents said the rules nearly ban new wind farms. The motion passed 2-1.
March 2, 2026
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Was chosen as vice chairman of the Whitman County Commissioners for 2026.
January 5, 2026
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Won the November 4, 2025 election for Whitman County Commissioner District 3 with 4,594 votes to Cody Finch's 4,116.
November 4, 2025
Source: results.vote.wa.gov
Seconded a six-month extension of the county's pause on new commercial wind farms and its temporary zoning limits, to January 7, 2026. The motion passed.
June 30, 2025
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Seconded a county law putting temporary zoning limits on new commercial wind farms, solar farms, and battery storage sites. The motion passed.
May 5, 2025
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Was appointed Whitman County Commissioner for District 3 by the other two commissioners. He filled the seat left open when Michael Largent resigned.
March 10, 2025
Source: pullmanradio.com
Voted yes as Planning Commission chairman to recommend rezoning about 15.6 acres near Tekoa from farmland to heavy industry. The land was for a Port of Whitman County industrial park. The vote was 6-0.
February 5, 2025
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Led the Whitman County Planning Commission as its chairman at its January 15, 2025 meeting.
January 15, 2025
Source: whitmancounty.gov
Past race Chad Whetzel ran in:
- Whitman County Commissioner District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Whitman County, Washington · incumbent