Snohomish 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 four in 2014.

Supreme Court candidates only appear on the primary election if there are more than two candidates for a position. There will not be any Supreme Court elections on the primary ballot in 2014.

Position 1: Mary Yu is the incumbent. She is running for re-election without opposition.

Position 3: Mary Fairhurst is the incumbent. She is running for re-election without opposition.

Position 4: Charles W. Johnson is the incumbent. He is being challenged by Eddie Yoon. This election will appear on the November general election ballot.

Position 7: Debra L. Stephens is the incumbent. She is being challenged by John (Zamboni) Scannell. This election will appear on the November general election ballot.

Court of Appeals

Division One, District Two

(Snohomish County)

District Two elects two judges; Position 2 will be on the 2014 ballot.

Judge J. Robert Leach is the Position 2 incumbent. He is running for re-election and will appear on the November general election ballot without opposition.

Superior Court

Superior Court judges are elected to four-year terms; they were elected in 2012, and their terms extend through the end of 2016.

District Court

District Court judges are elected to four-year terms, and all District Court positions are up for election in 2014. Snohomish County is divided geographically into electoral districts; voters elect judges in the electoral district where they reside. See map.

Some Snohomish voters elect judges in the Northeast King County Judicial Division, which extends slightly into Snohomish County. There is one contested election there, for Position 3, and it will be on the August ballot. See King County for all Northeast Judicial District elections.

In two of the following races, there will be an election on the November ballot. The other positions are uncontested.

Cascade Division

Position 1:

Kristin Olbrechts

Everett Division

Position 1 (November):	Anthony Howard \| Remy Leonard
Position 2:	Tam Bui

Evergreen Division

Position 1:	Steven Clough
Position 2:	Patricia Lyon

South Division

Position 1:	Beth Fraser
Position 2 (November):	Jeffrey Goodwin \| Brett Nagle
Position 3:	Douglas Fair

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