| Field | Detail | Source |
|---|
| Full Name | Nicholas A. Holce | T1 |
| Residence | Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA. PDC committee address 318 W Main St, Walla Walla, WA 99362 (also the address of his law firm). | T1 |
| Party | Nonpartisan. Washington district court judge is a nonpartisan judicial office; candidates do not run under a party label. | T1 |
| Education | | T1 |
| Employment | | T2 |
1 Election History
| Year | Race | Result |
|---|
| 2022 | | Lost in the general election to Jared Hawkins. Holce, a public defender and former deputy prosecutor, advanced to the general and was defeated. The incumbent part-time seat was open that cycle. |
| 2026 | | Pending. Holce filed on 2026-05-04 for the part-time district court judge seat and appears on the general election ballot. The seat is open for 2026: the sitting part-time judge, Jared Hawkins, is running for the full-time district court judgeship being vacated by the retirement of Presiding Judge Kristian Hedine, effective December 31, 2026. General election November 3, 2026. |
2 Political Positions
| Topic | Position | Source |
|---|
| District Court operations | | T2 |
3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|
| Filing Entity | PDC candidate committee Nicholas A. Holce (filer_id HOLCN--534, committee id 41724, candidacy id 3391774), Walla Walla District Court Judge Part Time, registered and candidacy declared 2026-05-04, mini reporting. As of the access date (PDC data updated 2026-05-19) the committee has no filed reports and no itemized contributions or expenditures on record; contributions dataset (kv7h-kjye) and expenditures dataset (tijg-9zyp) returned empty for filer_id HOLCN--534 in election_year 2026. Treasurer is the candidate. On the general election ballot; not 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 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 4.1: PDC issued a written warning to Holce for sponsor identification omissions on 2022 campaign advertising LOW
- What happened
- In October 2022, during Holce's first run for the same part-time district court judgeship, the Washington Public Disclosure Commission opened enforcement case 113738 alleging a violation of RCW 42.17A.320 for failure to include complete and accurate sponsor identification on political advertisements. The matter involved a campaign postcard mailed to Walla Walla residents and paid for with personal funds, and a campaign website, both of which initially lacked the required sponsor identification. The PDC closed the case with a formal written warning and no monetary penalty, finding the omission unintentional and noting that Holce corrected the website upon notification.
- Source tier
- T1
- Political impact
- Low
- Defense
- The case was resolved as a written warning, not a formal finding of violation, and carried no penalty. The PDC record states the omission was unintentional, that Holce cooperated fully and took responsibility, and that he corrected the advertising once notified. Sponsor identification lapses by first-time, self-funded local candidates are a common subject of PDC warnings.
- https://www.pdc.wa.gov/rules-enforcement/enforcement/enforcement-cases/113738
5 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.