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Chad M. Enright

Democratic · WA · Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney

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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.

Track record

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 1 record

  • Implemented a Poulsbo pre-arrest diversion program that directed eligible low-level offenders to treatment and services instead of arrest.

    November 4, 2025For

    Source: kitsapdailynews.com · researched July 25, 2026

Gun Control

· 1 record

  • Received the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund's 2026 endorsement for Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney.

    July 24, 2026For

    Source: gunresponsibility.org · researched July 25, 2026

Civil Rights

· 3 records

  • Joined a stipulation that barred enforcement of Washington's clergy-reporting law against sacramental confession and other protected sacred confidences.

    October 10, 2025For

    Source: agportal-s3bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com · researched July 25, 2026

  • 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, 2024Against

    Source: courts.wa.gov · researched July 25, 2026

  • Testified in support of expanding Washington's resentencing law and warned lawmakers about impacts on crime victims and understaffed prosecutor offices.

    May 30, 2024For

    Source: spokanepublicradio.org · researched July 25, 2026

General

· 4 records

  • 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 · researched July 25, 2026

  • Joined the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission as the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys' representative.

    November 13, 2020

    Source: courts.wa.gov · researched July 25, 2026

  • Concluded that Poulsbo Police Officer Craig Keller's fatal use of force against Stonechild Chiefstick was legally justified.

    April 17, 2020

    Source: kitsapdailynews.com · researched July 25, 2026

  • Began serving as Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney.

    January 1, 2019

    Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 25, 2026

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Profile last researched July 25, 2026.