Daniel Crawford, Grays Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney

Field	Detail	Source
Full Name	Daniel Crawford	T1
Residence	Grays Harbor County, Washington	T1
Party	Republican	T1
Employment	Grant County Prosecutor's Office, Ephrata, WA (early career, dates unknown); Chief Deputy Prosecutor, Pacific County Prosecutor's Office (~2022, mid-2024, approximately 2 years). Second-in-command. Described by Pacific County Prosecutor Michael Rothman as 'the backbone of the criminal division' and 'the driving force behind the homicide convictions obtained by the Pacific County Prosecutor's Office both by plea and trial since his arrival.' Salary at departure $10,816/month (~$129,800/year).; Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor, Grays Harbor County Prosecutor's Office (August 2024, present). Currently #2 prosecutor in the office, serving under appointed Prosecutor Jason Walker. Recruited from Pacific County with higher salary.	T2

1 Election History

Year	Race	Result
2026	Grays Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney	Pending (first-time candidate)

2 Political Positions

Topic	Position	Source
Criminal Prosecution Philosophy	Hard on crime approach. Advocates getting 'the worst of the worst people out of our community' while using therapeutic courts for those who can be helped. Pushes for more trials over plea deals.	T2
Staff Retention and Compensation	Vocal advocate for competitive prosecutor salaries. Requested $89,376 in annual raises for three prosecutors, warning that losing them would be 'catastrophic for being able to prosecute crime.' Clashed with Commissioner Georgia Miller over whether the issue was compensation or workplace culture.	T2

3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)

Metric	Value	Source
Filing Entity	PDC committee CRAWD--295 (cid 40207); 2026 cycle as of 2026-06-21: $399 cash raised, $6,772 in-kind (self), $600 spent, ~$-201 cash-on-hand across 12 contributions; top donor self. (~94% self-funded, only $399 cash from others.) Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov), as_of 2026-06-21.	T1

4 Notable Public Statements

“For the culture we're trying to grow here, we're going to be hard on crime, we're going to get the worst of the worst people out of our community, and the people we can help, we're going to do our best to put them in our therapeutic courts and help them.”
Interview with Daily World on office philosophy (2025)

“There were good reasons for that to be the final resolution, however, based on the actions, I am very disappointed this wasn't handled properly in the beginning.”
Regarding the Iseminger plea deal, charging errors made before Crawford's arrival forced a lesser plea (2025-02)

“We've been pushing for more trials, and public defense is less willing to accept plea deals.”
Statement on compensation negotiations (2025)

5 Vulnerability Assessment

3 sourced findings. All sourced at T1 (Official Record) or T2 (Multi-Source Media) per clearthemud provenance model. No T3/T4 claims included.

Finding 5.1: Runs against the appointed incumbent who is his current supervisor LOW

What happened: Crawford is Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor under Walker, who was appointed to the prosecutor position through the county Democratic Party nomination process. Crawford, a Republican, was not eligible for that partisan appointment and is now running for the office while reporting to Walker.
Source tier: T2
Political impact: Low
Defense: Crawford was not eligible for the appointment because it followed partisan rules rather than merit selection. Running lets voters decide the office rather than settle it by appointment.

https://www.thedailyworld.com/2026/02/24/bocc-appoints-walker-as-prosecuting-attorney/

Finding 5.2: Less than two years in Grays Harbor County MODERATE

What happened: Crawford has worked in Grays Harbor County since August 2024, about 22 months. He came from Pacific County before that and Grant County before that. Walker spent 11 years in the Grays Harbor office.
Source tier: T2
Political impact: Moderate
Defense: Crawford was recruited to Grays Harbor at a higher salary for his trial skills and has already won major convictions in the county (Carter, Palmer, Baier cases). His Pacific County prosecutor called him "the backbone of the criminal division."

https://chinookobserver.com/2024/07/29/prosecutors-office-loses-its-criminal-expert/

Finding 5.3: Public dispute with a commissioner over prosecutor pay MODERATE

What happened: Crawford publicly clashed with Commissioner Georgia Miller over prosecutor salary negotiations in late 2025. Miller said workplace culture and leadership issues, not compensation, were causing retention problems, and cited internal investigations and pending litigation from former employees.
Source tier: T2
Political impact: Moderate
Defense: Crawford was advocating for his staff rather than himself, and warned that losing prosecutors would be "catastrophic for being able to prosecute crime." The raises he sought were for three positions central to public safety.

https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/commissioners-prosecutor-compensation-compromise-negotiations-falter/

6 Source Verification

Data Sources: WA SOS, WA PDC, local media, public records
Collection Date: 2026-06-24
Highest Tier: T1 (Official Record)
Methodology: OSINT deep-dive using exclusively public-record sources. All findings at T1 or T2. No T3/T4 claims included.

Candidate Dossier: Daniel Crawford

2026 Grays Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney

1 Election History

2 Political Positions

3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)

4 Notable Public Statements

5 Vulnerability Assessment

Finding 5.1: Runs against the appointed incumbent who is his current supervisor LOW

Finding 5.2: Less than two years in Grays Harbor County MODERATE

Finding 5.3: Public dispute with a commissioner over prosecutor pay MODERATE

6 Source Verification