A prosecutor's first job is to keep our community safe and to stand with the people who have been harmed. Here is how Tyler will lead.
Yakima County logs roughly 300 gang-related cases every year, and YPD, the Sheriff's Office, and the FBI are standing up a joint gang task force right now. Tyler will partner with that task force from day one, charge gang offenses as the felonies they are, and pursue every available sentencing enhancement. No plea-downs for gang violence.
Yakima's violent crime rate is 65% above the national average and climbing. Repeat offenders, violent felons, and habitual criminals will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, not pled down to a slap on the wrist. The cycle of arrest, plea, release only ends when the prosecutor's office stops feeding it.
Tyler personally prosecuted Yakima County's most serious felonies in the Special Assault Unit: sex crimes, child abuse, severe violence. He has stood next to victims and their families in court. As Prosecutor he will keep the Special Assault Unit and Victim/Witness services fully resourced, and victims will be treated like people, not case numbers.
Officers and deputies put themselves on the line every shift. Tyler will be a Prosecutor who actually backs sound police work, prosecutes the cases law enforcement brings, and treats assaults on officers as the priority crimes they are. No more cases dropped to make the office's numbers look better.
Property crime, retail theft, vehicle theft, and drug-fueled disorder are hitting Yakima families and small businesses every single day. Tyler will direct prosecution resources where Yakima County actually feels the impact: neighborhoods, schools, downtown, the Lower Valley. Not pet theories from a Seattle conference.
Tyler has prosecuted Yakima County's most serious felonies and is in court today. His opponent has not prosecuted a felony case in over a decade.
Tyler Haueter was raised in Kennewick, Washington as the oldest of four children. After serving a mission in Brazil and meeting his wife Alexis, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he spent seven years as a paralegal. That work earned him Paralegal of the Year for the Pacific Region and grew his commitment to the law.
After leaving the Air Force, Tyler returned home to Eastern Washington and worked for over three years as the sole criminal investigator for the Yakima County Department of Assigned Counsel, handling felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile cases, before earning his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law. He went on to serve in the Yakima County Prosecutor's Office Special Assault Unit, prosecuting the office's most serious felonies. He currently serves as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Kennewick.
Tyler and Alexis have been married for nearly twenty years and have seven children. After moving with the Air Force for years, his family put down roots in Yakima County eight years ago. With Prosecutor Joe Brusic stepping aside in 2026, Tyler is coming home to lead the Prosecutor's Office and to keep Yakima County safer, for his family and for yours.
I believe in transparency, integrity, and equal treatment under the law. I am passionate about serving the public as your prosecutor.
Tyler hasn't just talked about prosecuting violent crime. He's done it.
Murder conviction. Tyler successfully prosecuted Randy Razey for the killing of his father in Naches, securing a sentence of more than 23 years in prison.
Jury convictions on Child Molestation, Incest, and Indecent Liberties where the victim was incapable of consent. Indeterminate sentence of 20 years to life.
Successful prosecution of a defendant charged with Child Molestation. Another conviction protecting Yakima County's children.
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