More than a year before election day, two attorneys are already going toe-to-toe to be the next Spokane County Prosecutor

There’s still 438 days to go before voters will select a new Spokane County Prosecutor, but the veracity with which a pair of attorneys are approaching the eventual contest promises a heated campaign.

Both are fathers with more than a quarter-century in the county’s law firm between them are drawing distinctions about how then would run the office.

Preston McCollam, who has overseen the criminal side of the office since 2023 as chief civil deputy prosecutor, is hoping his track record and experience will lead voters to elevate him one more notch to the top role in the office. He is challenged by Steve Garvin, an assistant Washington attorney general who spent 15 years as a county prosecutor before leaving the office in 2022.

Garvin and McCollam each have the opportunity to lead in the