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Candidate Dossier: Janelle Marie Carman-Wagner

2026 Walla Walla County District Court Judge Time

TLP:GREEN Date: 2026-07-04 Party: Non-Partisan District: Walla Walla County
FieldDetailSource
Full NameJanelle Marie Carman-WagnerT1
ResidenceWalla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA. Law office and PDC committee address 6 E Alder St Ste 418, Walla Walla, WA 99362.T1
PartyNonpartisan. Washington district court judge is a nonpartisan judicial office; the PDC record carries no party code.T1
EmploymentT1

1 Election History

YearRaceResult
2026Pending. Two candidates, Janelle Carman-Wagner and Nicholas Holce, are running for the part-time District Court judge seat and advance directly to the November 3, 2026 general election (nonpartisan judicial race, no primary contest for this seat). The seat opened because sitting part-time Judge Jared Hawkins is running unopposed for the full-time District Court judge position.

2 Political Positions

TopicPositionSource
Role of the judgeT2
Treatment options for lower-level offendersT2
Fairness to unrepresented litigantsT2

3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)

MetricValueSource
Filing EntityPDC candidate committee Janelle Carman-Wagner, Committee To Elect JCW Judge (filer_id CARMJ--958, committee id 41847, candidacy_id 3394435), Walla Walla District Court Judge Part Time, registered and candidacy declared 2026-05-08, full reporting. Treasurer Abby Payne. 2026 cycle as of 2026-07-04 (PDC data updated 2026-06-30): $8,325.00 total contributions; $2,529.14 total expenditures; $0.00 candidate loans; $0.00 cash carried forward; $0.00 outstanding debts; $0.00 pledges. Itemized contributions include Andy Carman ($2,400), Joan Carman ($2,400), Carman Wagner Consulting PLLC ($1,000), Exhibit A Investigations ($1,200), and Richard and Ashely Kulberg ($600 each). Reported expenditures include brand consulting ($1,684.53, jpmcreate) and an annual website subscription ($301.12, Squarespace). Not on the primary ballot; on the general election ballot; general election date 2026-11-03. Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov datasets 3h9x-7bvm, kv7h-kjye, tijg-9zyp), as_of 2026-07-04.T1

4 Notable Public Statements

AAUW-Walla Walla candidate forum, District Court Judge Part Time race (2026-06-18)

5 Source Verification

Data Sources
WA SOS, WA PDC, local media, public records
Collection Date
2026-07-04
Highest Tier
T1 (Official Record)
Methodology
Public filing data with OSINT enrichment. No T3/T4 claims included.
Sourced at T0 (Primary Legal), T1 (Official Record), T2 (Multi-Source Media), or T3 (Candidate Statement / Official Campaign Page) per clearthemud provenance model.
T3 content reflects the candidate’s own public claims and has not been independently verified. No editorial conclusions, readers assess implications independently.

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