Brad A. Manke
Republican · WA · Stevens County Sheriff
Brad A. Manke has been Stevens County Sheriff for two terms, after 28 years with the sheriff's office. He wants to hire more deputies, train future leaders, and get the new county jail built and open.
Where Brad A. Manke stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Opposes
Gun Control (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Spoke out about the crowded county jail before voters decided on a sales tax for a new jail. He called the old jail "almost a walking human rights violation."
October 29, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: spokesman.com
Announced, through the sheriff's office he leads, a five-year program to give all patrol deputies body cameras and car cameras. A federal grant helped pay for it.
March 2, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kxly.com
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Announced that his deputies will not enforce Initiative 1639, a state gun law voters passed in 2018. They will make no arrests or tickets under it unless the public faces immediate danger. The law raised the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21.
February 1, 2019Opposes Gun Control
Source: khq.com
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Sued the state with three other Eastern Washington sheriffs over a new law (Senate Bill 5974). The law lets a board picked by the governor remove elected sheriffs.
April 2, 2026
Source: kxly.com
Testified to a state House committee for a bill (House Bill 1442) to let local boards make wolf plans. The plans were for counties with at least three wolf packs.
February 5, 2025
Source: capitalpress.com
Spoke to the state Fish and Wildlife Commission about wolves, cougars, and bears killing livestock. He argued that wolves should lose their endangered species protection.
September 28, 2024
Source: khq.com
Won a second term as Stevens County Sheriff in 2022 with no opponent on the ballot. He got 17,812 votes (97.97%).
November 8, 2022
Source: results.vote.wa.gov
Won the 2018 race for Stevens County Sheriff with 10,744 votes (51.42%). His opponent, Mike Berry, got 10,152 votes (48.58%).
November 6, 2018
Source: results.vote.wa.gov
Received the endorsement of retiring Stevens County Sheriff Kendle Allen in the 2018 sheriff race. Manke was then one of Allen's two chief deputies.
May 22, 2018
Source: chewelahindependent.com
Past race Brad A. Manke ran in:
- Stevens County Sheriff · November 3, 2026 · Stevens County, Washington · incumbent