Pierce 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 Two, District One

(Pierce County)

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

Judge Brad Maxa is the Position 1 incumbent.

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 positions have three candidates; they will appear on the August primary ballot.

Position 8	Grant Blinn \| Dwayne Christopher \| Jack Hill
Position 17	Karena Kirkendoll \| David Ladenburg \| Tom Quinlan

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

Position 2	Katherine Stolz \| Timothy Ashcraft
Position 5	Shelly Speir \| Dominique Jinhong

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	James Orlando
Position 3	Michael Schwartz
Position 4	Bryan Chushcoff
Position 6	Jack Nevin
Position 7	Jerry Costello
Position 9	Edmund Murphy
Position 10	Gary Johnson
Position 11	G. Helen Whitener
Position 12	Stephanie Arend
Position 13	Kathryn Nelson
Position 14	Susan Keers Serko
Position 15	Gretchen Leanderson
Position 16	Elizabeth Martin
Position 18	Stan Rumbaugh
Position 19	Philip Sorensen
Position 20	Kitty-Ann van Doorninck
Position 21	Frank Cuthbertson
Position 22	John Hickman

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. Vacant positions may appear on the 2016 ballot in some counties.

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