Yakima 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 Three, District Three

(Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima Counties)

District Three elects two judges; both positions will be on the 2014 ballot.

Judge Stephen Brown is the Position 1 incumbent. He is running for re-election without opposition.

Judge Rob Lawrence-Berry was appointed to Position 2 by the Governor. He is running to complete the final four years of his term. His position will be up for election again in 2018.

Superior Court

Gayle Harthcock was appointed to Department 7 by the Governor. She is running unopposed to complete the remaining two years in her term. The position will be up for election again in 2016.

District Court

District Court judges are elected to four-year terms, and all District Court positions are up for election in 2014.

The following incumbents have filed and are running unopposed:

Position 1:	Kevin Roy
Position 2:	Brian Sanderson
Position 3:	Donald Engel
Position 4:	Alfred Schweppe

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