Chad M. Enright
Democratic · WA · Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney
Chad M. Enright is the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney and a Democratic candidate for re-election. County sources list his term through December 2026 and note his Washington State Association of Prosecuting Attorneys board service.
Where Chad M. Enright stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Mixed record
Civil Rights (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Implemented a Poulsbo pre-arrest diversion program that directed eligible low-level offenders to treatment and services instead of arrest.
November 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kitsapdailynews.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Testified in support of expanding Washington's resentencing law and warned lawmakers about impacts on crime victims and understaffed prosecutor offices.
May 30, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: spokanepublicradio.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 1 oppose
Joined a stipulation that barred enforcement of Washington's clergy-reporting law against sacramental confession and other protected sacred confidences.
October 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: agportal-s3bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
Submitted a written comment opposing the Washington Supreme Court's indigent-defense caseload standards proposal, citing public-safety effects, attorney shortages, and local-government costs.
October 18, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: courts.wa.gov
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund's 2026 endorsement for Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney.
July 24, 2026
Source: gunresponsibility.org
Declined to charge corrections officers in Sean Howell's jail death after concluding the death was unintentional and resulted from lawful restraint.
June 22, 2021
Source: fox13seattle.com
Concluded that Poulsbo Police Officer Craig Keller's fatal use of force against Stonechild Chiefstick was legally justified.
April 17, 2020
Source: kitsapdailynews.com
Began serving as Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney.
January 1, 2019
Source: kitsap.gov
Past races Chad M. Enright ran in:
- Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Kitsap County, Washington · incumbent
- Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney · August 4, 2026 · Kitsap County, Washington · incumbent