Ratings and Endorsements

Votingforjudges.org does not rate or endorse any judicial candidates. Our goal is to gather information impartially from an array of diverse sources and to make that information available in a convenient single location so that voters can make fully informed decisions.

The evaluations included here result from the different processes used by the various included organizations. We believe that the most helpful evaluations result from a careful, systematic process that draws upon candidate questionnaires, interviews with sources and references, and consideration of the characteristics that make the best judges. But we recognize that some organizations base their ratings and endorsements on largely ideological considerations and we include those ratings here as well.

In considering any rating or endorsement, voters should evaluate the evaluators. Voters should carefully consider the process used to arrive at the rating as well as the factors that go into the rating.

The evaluations here are divided into three categories.

• Candidate ratings, which result from evaluative processes that consider a variety of judicial characteristics.
• Newspaper endorsements.
• Organizational endorsements, which result from consideration of ideological considerations.

• Joint Asian Judicial Evaluations Committee
• King County Bar Association
• Municipal League of King County
• Washington Women Lawyers

Daily, General Circulation:

• Aberdeen Daily World
• Bellingham Herald
• Centralia Chronicle
• Everett Herald
• Kitsap Sun
• Longview Daily News
• The Olympian
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Seattle Times
• Skagit Valley Herald
• Spokane Spokesman-Review
• Tacoma News Tribune
• Tri-City Herald
• Vancouver Columbian
• Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
• Yakima Herald-Republic

Other:

• The Stranger

• Association of Washington Business
• Citizens to Uphold the Constitution
• Constitutional Law PAC
• Faith & Freedom Network
• Human Life PAC
• Liability Reform Coalition
• NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
• Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee
• Washington Conservation Voters
• Washington State Labor Council

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Votingforjudges.org includes ratings and endorsements from numerous organizations. We provide this information so that voters will be better informed about the candidates. We do not rate or endorse any candidates; the ratings and endorsements of organizations included at this site reflect the views of those individual organizations and not necessarily the views of votingforjudges.org or its sponsors.