General Election: November 8, 2022
An information resource for Washington voters
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VotingforJudges is a nonpartisan, impartial source of information about judicial elections in the state of Washington. The site was established in 2006 to provide information to voters in connection with the appellate judicial contests that year, and it has expanded to cover all judicial elections throughout the state. All of Washington's 2022 judicial elections will be reported.
2022
There will be judicial elections in 2022 for the Washington Supreme Court, Washington Court of Appeals, and all county District Courts.
Washington Supreme Court: Three out of nine incumbents are up for election this year. Justices Barbara Madsen, G. Helen Whitener, and Mary I. Yu are running unopposed.
Court of Appeals: There will be judicial elections in two of the three divisions of the Washington Court of Appeals this year. These will include many counties in the state. In Division 2, Judges Erik D. Price and Anne Cruser are running for reelection without opposition. In Division 3, Judge George Fearing is running for reelection without opposition.
Superior Court: There will be Superior Court elections in just a few counties this November, where the governor made interim appointments to fill vacancies. All positions will be up fore election in 2024.
District Court: All District Court judicial positions will be up for election this year. VotingforJudges is rapidly adding counties to its database. For now we have:
| ● | King County | Northeast Pos. 1: | Marcus Naylor |
| Northeast Pos. 2: | Michelle Gehlsen | ||
| Northeast Pos. 3: | Lisa O'Toole | ||
| Northeast Pos. 4: | Kevin Peck | ||
| Northeast Pos. 5: | Jill Klinge | ||
| Northeast Pos. 6: |
Michael Finkle Joshua Schaer |
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| Northeast Pos. 7: | E. Rania Rampersad | ||
| Shoreline Pos. 1: | Joe Campagna | ||
| Shoreline Pos. 2: | Karama Hawkins | ||
| Southeast Pos. 1: | Leah Taguba | ||
| Southeast Pos. 2: | Matthew York | ||
| Southeast Pos. 3: | Nathaniel B. Green, Jr. | ||
| Southeast Pos. 4: | Corinna Harn | ||
| Southeast Pos. 5: | Virginia M. Amato | ||
| Southeast Pos. 6: | Rhonda Lauman | ||
| Southwest Pos. 1: | Brian Todd | ||
| Southwest Pos. 2: | Andrea S. Jarmon | ||
| Southwest Pos. 3: | Laurel Gibson | ||
| Southwest Pos. 4: | La'amomoi Nasanial, Jr. | ||
| Southwest Pos. 5: | Elizabeth D. Stephenson | ||
| West Pos. 1: | Lisa A. Paglisotti | ||
| West Pos. 2: | Kuljinder Dhillon | ||
| West Pos. 3: | Rebecca C. Robinson | ||
| West Pos. 4: | Gregg Hirakawa | ||
| West Pos. 5: | Kristin Shotwell | ||
| ● | Kitsap County | Position 1: | Claire A. Bradley |
| Position 2: | Jeffrey J. Jahns | ||
| Position 3: |
Shane R. Seaman Stan Glisson |
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| Position 4: | Kevin P.Kelly | ||
| ● | Spokane County | Position 1: | Patrick T. Johnson |
| Position 2: | Jeffrey R. Smith | ||
| Position 3: |
Eric Dooyema Jenny Zappone |
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| Position 4: | Patti Connoly Walker | ||
| Position 5: | Jennifer L. Fassbender | ||
| Position 6: |
Andrew Biviano Deanna Crull |
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| Position 7: | Aimee Maurer | ||
| Position 8: | Richard M. Leland | ||
| ● | Whatcom County | Position 1: | Angela Anderson |
| Position 2: |
Gordon M. Jenkins Jonathan Rands |
Municipal Court: There are some positions on the ballot; it depends on your municipality. We are in the process of adding active elections to Votingfor Judges.
| ● | Seattle | Position 1: | Cat McDowall |
| Position 2: | Andrea Chin | ||
| Position 3: |
Adam Eisenberg Pooja Vaddadi |
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| Position 4: | Anita Crawford-Willis | ||
| Position 5: | Willie Gregory | ||
| Position 6: | Faye R. Chess | ||
| Position 7: |
Nyiat Rose-Akins Damon Shadid |
| ● | Tacoma | Position 1: |
Dee Sonntag Reed Speir |
| Position 2: | Drew Ann Henke | ||
| Position 3: |
Sergio C. Flores Steve Krupa |
We are adding more information throughout as it becomes available. Once again this year, VotingforJudges will be your most complete source for impartial judicial election information in Washington. Check back here when you're completing your ballot, and tell your friends and colleagues!
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The American Bar Association honored VotingforJudges with its 2007 Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts, in the "New Media" category, "recognizing outstanding efforts to foster public understanding of the law."
The Atlanta-based Foundation for Improvement of Justice presented one of its Paul H. Chapman Justice Awards for 2007 to VotingforJudges.
Paul Fjelstad, the law librarian from Kitsap County who created and provides ongoing updates to VotingforJudges, was honored with the King County Bar Association President's Award for his work. He also received a Washington State Bar Association Local Hero Award and a Kitsap County Bar Association President's Award, in part for his development of this site.
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