| Field | Detail | Source |
|---|
| Full Name | Sheryl R. Park | T1 |
| Residence | Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA (PDC committee address PO Box 232, Walla Walla, WA 99362). | T1 |
| Party | Republican | T1 |
| Education | | T2 |
| Employment | | T2 |
1 Election History
| Year | Race | Result |
|---|
| 2026 | | Pending. Appointed incumbent Park (Republican) is seeking election. Four candidates were certified to the August 4, 2026 primary: Sheryl R. Park (Republican), Tim Reeves (Democrat), Marjorie Denton Sanborn (independent), and Greg Tompkins. Tompkins remains on the ballot but has said he is no longer campaigning after being hired as the county's interim fairgrounds manager and will return donations. General election November 3, 2026. The winner serves the remainder of the term and a four-year term through 2030. |
2 Political Positions
| Topic | Position | Source |
|---|
| Auditor's Office Administration | | T2 |
3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|
| Filing Entity | PDC candidate committee Sheryl R Park (filer_id PARKS--607, committee id 41187), Walla Walla County Auditor, registered 2026-02-15, candidacy declared 2026-05-04, full reporting. 2026 cycle as of 2026-07-04 (PDC data updated 2026-07-02): $6,553.52 total contributions, of which $5,010.00 are candidate loans; $1,574.31 total expenditures; $0.00 cash carried forward; $0.00 outstanding debts; $0.00 pledges. Treasurer Sheryl R Park. On the primary ballot; general election date 2026-11-03. Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov dataset 3h9x-7bvm), as_of 2026-07-04. | T1 |
4 Notable Public Statements
2026 Union-Bulletin candidate Q&A for Walla Walla County Auditor (2026-06)
5 Vulnerability Assessment
1 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: The county's elected elections administrator concurrently serves as treasurer of the Walla Walla County Republican Central Committee MODERATE
- What happened
- The Walla Walla County Auditor administers the county's elections. Sheryl Park holds that office by appointment and is running to keep it. Washington PDC records list Park as the treasurer of the Walla Walla County Republican Central Committee (WWGOP, committee id 20458) for the 2026 cycle, a role she has held continuously since at least 2015 and retained after her appointment as auditor in February 2026. She therefore serves as the financial officer of one party's county central committee while simultaneously running the office that administers county elections.
- Source tier
- T1
- Political impact
- Moderate
- Defense
- Washington county auditor is a partisan elected office, and holding a party role is legal. Park was already the WWGOP treasurer for roughly a decade before her auditor appointment, and no law or PDC action bars an auditor from also serving as a party committee treasurer. Day-to-day election operations in Washington are also governed by uniform statewide procedures and canvassing boards rather than by the auditor alone.
- https://data.wa.gov/resource/3h9x-7bvm.json
- https://www.wwcowa.gov/departments/auditor/index.php
- https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/local/governments/commissioners-select-sheryl-park-as-walla-walla-county-s-next-auditor/article_b5d139d6-fa05-42c5-b12c-daa45ad5b012.html
6 Source Verification
- Data Sources
- WA SOS, WA PDC, local media, public records
- Collection Date
- 2026-07-04
- 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.