Julie Long
Republican · WA
Julie Long is a career prosecutor with 28 years of experience in Benton and Franklin counties. She emphasizes case backlogs, public safety and victim services.
Where Julie Long stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (6 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 6 support
Won a life sentence for Richard Jacobson, who murdered his girlfriend and left her body in the Columbia River, the Tri-City Herald reported.
May 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: yahoo.com
Won convictions at trial against two men who fired into a crowded Pasco nightclub, the Tri-City Herald reported.
May 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: yahoo.com
Asked Benton County commissioners, with Prosecutor Andy Miller, for $401,057 to hire another deputy prosecutor and a legal secretary. They cited 610 open adult felony cases, 38% of them serious violent crimes.
June 4, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: bentoncountywa.gov
Defended John Young's first-degree murder conviction on appeal for Benton County. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld it and ruled his confession was properly used at trial.
October 4, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: courts.wa.gov
Defended Michael Shemesh's child rape convictions on appeal for Benton County. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld them. It sent the case back only so the judge could put the sentencing reasons in writing.
April 16, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: courts.wa.gov
Defended the first-degree kidnapping conviction of Russell Harrington on appeal for Benton County. He had held his wife at gunpoint. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the conviction.
June 17, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: courts.wa.gov
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Received endorsements from former Benton County Sheriffs Steve Kean and Larry Taylor, former Judge Carrie Runge, and County Commissioner Jerome Delvin.
May 5, 2026
Source: yahoo.com
Defended a Benton County drug conviction on appeal and lost. The Washington Court of Appeals ruled the county should not have issued the arrest warrant for missed court-debt payments. It threw out the conviction.
June 14, 2016
Source: courts.wa.gov
Past race Julie Long ran in:
- Benton County Prosecuting Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Benton County, Washington