King 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 2016.

Supreme Court candidates only appear on the primary election ballot if there are three or more candidates for a position.

Position 1: Mary Yu is the incumbent. She is being challenged by David DeWolf. This election will appear on the November ballot.

Position 5: Barbara Madsen is the incumbent. She is being challenged by John (Zamboni) Scannell and Greg Zempel. This election will appear on the August ballot.

Position 6: Charlie Wiggins is the incumbent. He is being challenged by Dave Larson. This election will appear on the November ballot.

Court of Appeals

Division One, District One

(King County)

District One elects eight judges; Position 1 will be on the 2016 ballot.

Judge Michael Trickey is the Position 1 incumbent. He is running without opposition.

Superior Court

Superior Court judges are elected to four-year terms. Most Superior Court positions throughout Washington are up for election in 2016.

If only one candidate runs for a Superior Court position in a county with a population of more than 100,000, that candidate receives a Certificate of Election, and the position will not appear on either the primary or the general election ballot. If there are three or more candidates for a position, the office will appear on the August 2 primary ballot. In a two candidate race, there will only be a vote on the position in November.

The following position has three candidates; it will appear on the August primary ballot.

Position 44

Eric Newman | Jackson Schmidt | Cathy Moore

The following positions have two candidates. They will not appear on the primary ballot but will be on the November ballot.

Position 14	Nicole Gaines Phelps \| David Greenspan
Position 26	David Keenan \| John O'Rourke
Position 31	Helen Halpert \| Marc Stern
Position 52	Anthony Gipe \| Kristin Richardson
Position 53	Mariane Spearman \| Thomas Cline

The following incumbents are running unopposed. They will receive Certificates of Election and will not appear on either the primary ballot or the November ballot.

Position 1	Tim Bradshaw
Position 2	Cheryl Carey
Position 3	Julie Spector
Position 4	Mary Roberts
Position 5	Lori Kay Smith
Position 6	Barbara Linde
Position 7	Janet Helson
Position 8	John Ruhl
Position 9	Jeffrey Ramsdell
Position 10	Regina Cahan
Position 11	Catherine Shaffer
Position 12	Dean Lum
Position 13	Theresa Doyle
Position 15	Samuel Chung
Position 16	John Chun
Position 17	Wesley Saint Clair
Position 18	Susan Craighead
Position 19	Bill Bowman
Position 20	Susan Amini
Position 21	Veronica Galvan
Position 22	Holly Hill
Position 23	Andrea Darvas
Position 24	Patrick Oishi
Position 25	Elizabeth Berns
Position 27	Tanya Thorp
Position 28	Johanna Bender
Position 29	Sean O'Donnell
Position 30	Doug North
Position 32	LeRoy McCullough
Position 33	Steve Rosen
Position 34	Chad Allred
Position 35	Beth Andrus
Position 36	Jean Rietschel
Position 37	Barbara Mack
Position 38	Richard McDermott
Position 39	Julia Garrett
Position 40	Ken Schubert
Position 41	Matt Williams
Position 42	Sue Parisien
Position 43	John McHale
Position 45	Jim Rogers
Position 46	Judy Ramseyer
Position 47	Roger Rogoff
Position 48	Laura Inveen
Position 49	Monica Benton
Position 50	James Cayce
Position 51	John Erlick

District Court

District Court judges are elected to four-year terms; most were elected in 2014, and their terms extend through the end of 2018. Three judges were recently appointed to the King County District Court, however, and they will all have to stand for election in November. Only one of them has a challenger.

Southwest Electoral District

Position 3:

Laurel Gibson | Brian Todd

West Electoral District

Position 1:	Lisa Paglisotti
Position 4:	Gregg Hirakawa

Seattle Municipal Court

Most Seattle Municipal Court positions will be up for election in 2018.

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