Skamania County

Washington Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices are elected to six-year terms by voters throughout the entire state. There are nine Supreme Court justices, and Washington residents will vote for three in 2010.

Supreme Court candidates appeared on the primary election ballot. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary, that candidate appears on the general election ballot without opposition. If no candidate receives more than 50% in the primary, the top two candidates appear on the general election ballot on November 2, 2010.

Position 1: Jim Johnson is the incumbent. He received more than 50% of the primary votes, so he will be unopposed in November.

Jim Johnson

Position 5: Barbara Madsen is the incumbent. She is running for re-election without opposition.

Barbara Madsen

Barbarra Madsen

Position 6: Richard Sanders is the incumbent. He and Charlie Wiggins received the most votes in the primary, so they will be in a runoff on the November ballot.

Richard Sanders

Charlie Wiggins

Court of Appeals

Division Two, District Three

(Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum Counties)

District Three elects two judges; Position 2 will be on the 2010 ballot.

Jill Johanson received more than 50% of the votes in the primary, so she will appear on the November ballot without opposition.

Jill Johanson

Superior Court

Klickitat and Skamania Counties constitute a single judicial district. Due to a vacancy on the bench caused by retirement, on July 28 the Governor appointed Brian Altman to fill the vacancy. The seat will immediately be up for election: There will be a special 3-day filing period August 23-25, and all candidates who file will appear on the November ballot. The candidate with the most votes in that election will win the position. There will not be a runoff election. This position will be on the ballot again in 2012.

District Court

District Court judges are elected to four-year terms, and all District Court positions are up for election in 2010.

There are no contested District Court elections in the county this year. The incumbent judge, Ron Raynier, is running for re-election without opposition.

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