| Field | Detail | Source |
|---|
| Full Name | Daniel "Danny" Riordan | T1 |
| Residence | POB 21, Chehalis, WA 98532 | T1 |
| Party | Republican | T1 |
| Employment | Longtime Deputy and Sergeant, Lewis County Sheriff's Office. Career LCSO employee with service spanning multiple decades. Held the rank of Sergeant in the Operations Bureau.
; Member of the Lewis County Sheriff's Enforcement Team (SET) alongside Deputy Tim English, Deputy Jeff Godbey, Deputy Rick Van Wyck, and K9 Axel. Worked specialized enforcement operations.
; Received Guardian Award from the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, recognized at the annual meeting held February 9, 2018, for outstanding work performed in 2017.; Served as contact for sheriff's office press releases and media communications. | T1 |
1 Political Positions
| Topic | Position | Source |
|---|
| East Lewis County Representation | Focusing campaign efforts in East Lewis County, the larger and less populated portion of the county. Has held a series of meet-and-greets and small in-person meetings in the area, emphasizing that rural communities deserve attention from the sheriff's office.
| T2 |
| Emergency Management | Has spoken about emergency response coordination during campaign forums, drawing on experience in LCSO operations.
| T2 |
| Change in Sheriff's Office | Participated in the April 2 Chronicle candidate forum at Jester Auto Museum alongside McKnight, Cheeseman, and Murphy, where candidates discussed the need for change at the sheriff's office.
| T2 |
2 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|
| Filing Entity | PDC committee RIORD--184 (cid 40578); 2026 cycle as of 2026-06-21: $3,679 cash raised, $2,645 in-kind, $2,440 spent, ~$1,239 cash-on-hand across 17 contributions; top donor self in-kind ($2,281). Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov), as_of 2026-06-21. | T1 |
3 Vulnerability Assessment
2 sourced findings. All sourced at T1 (Official Record) or T2 (Multi-Source Media) per clearthemud provenance model. No T3/T4 claims included.
Finding 3.1: Campaign focused on East Lewis County LOW
- What happened
- Riordan has concentrated his campaign efforts in East Lewis County, the larger, more rural, and less populated portion of the county. This includes communities like Morton, Randle, Packwood, and Pe Ell. He uses meet-and-greets and small in-person meetings, targeting voters in areas distant from the sheriff's office headquartered in Chehalis. Most voters reside in the more populated western corridor around Centralia-Chehalis.
- Source tier
- T2
- Political impact
- Low
- Defense
- East Lewis County voters are a critical constituency who feel underrepresented. Building rural support first and expanding westward is a viable strategy in a multi-candidate primary where no single candidate dominates.
- https://www.chronline.com/stories/early-financial-disclosures-give-a-glimpse-at-who-will-run-for-countywide-office-in-lewis-county,395574
Finding 3.2: Current LCSO sergeant with career-long county service MODERATE
- What happened
- As a current LCSO sergeant with career-long service, Riordan has firsthand knowledge of the office's operations, culture, staffing challenges, and community relationships, including rural areas he patrols. He has enforcement team (SET) experience and received a Guardian Award. He is the rank-and-file candidate, contrasted with Frase (command staff) and McKnight (city police management).
- Source tier
- T1
- Political impact
- Moderate
- https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/sheriff/
4 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.