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Candidate Dossier: Gabriel E. Acosta

2026 Walla Walla County Prosecuting Attorney

TLP:GREEN Date: 2026-07-04 Party: Republican District: Walla Walla County
FieldDetailSource
Full NameGabriel E. Acosta (legal name Gabriel Eliud Acosta; commonly Gabe Acosta)T1
ResidenceWalla Walla, Walla Walla County, WA (PDC committee address P.O. Box 1885, Walla Walla, WA 99362).T1
PartyRepublicanT1
EducationT2
EmploymentT1

1 Election History

YearRaceResult
2022Won. Acosta (Republican) defeated fellow deputy prosecutor Michelle Morales (Democrat) with about 60.7 percent of the vote to succeed retiring prosecutor Jim Nagle.
2026Pending. Incumbent Acosta (Republican) declared for re-election and is on the ballot per WA PDC. No opposing candidate was located in PDC records or media as of the access date; the race appears to be unopposed so far. General election November 3, 2026. Prosecuting Attorney is a partisan office in Washington.

2 Political Positions

TopicPositionSource
Criminal prosecution experienceT2

3 Campaign Finance (PDC T1 Data)

MetricValueSource
Filing EntityPDC candidate committee Gabriel E Acosta (filer_id ACOSG--906, committee id 41999, person_id 32640, candidacy_id 3392487), Walla Walla County Prosecutor, declared 2026-05-04, registered 2026-05-17, mini reporting (has_reports false). No itemized contribution or expenditure schedules are required or filed under mini reporting. On the primary ballot; general election date 2026-11-03. Treasurer Gabriel E Acosta (self). For comparison, his 2022 committee (same filer_id) reported $12,107.96 in contributions and $12,107.96 in expenditures on full reporting. Source: WA PDC SODA API (data.wa.gov dataset 3h9x-7bvm), as_of 2026-07-04 (record updated 2026-05-18).T1

4 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.
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