Washington local trial court judicial elections, 2021

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This coverage extends to every office on the ballot for residents of these cities, including local trial court judges. In 2021, Ballotpedia covered the following local elections in this state:

• Olympia, Washington - City council
• Seattle, Washington - Mayor, city council, and city attorney
• Clallam County, Washington - City elections in Forks, Port Angeles, and Sequim
• King County, Washington - Executive, county council, Seattle port commissioner, superior court judge, one intermediate appellate court judge, and one King Conservation District seat

If the above list includes local trial court judgeships, click the links for more information about the elections. Click here to learn more about how the judges in this state are selected. Ballotpedia did not cover all local trial court judicial elections in this state in 2021. Please consider donating to Ballotpedia to help us expand our coverage of these elections.

Election rules

Primary election

Primaries are held only if more than two candidates file for a position. These contests are nonpartisan in nature. The two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes in the primary advance to the general election. Until 2013, a candidate who won over 50 percent of the vote in the primary was then unopposed in the general election. But the law was amended in 2013. Since that amendment, the top two finishers in a judicial primary must advance to compete with each other in the general election.

General election

In counties with a population greater than 100,000, if only one superior court candidate files for election for a judgeship, that candidate is automatically elected and the county does not hold a general election for the seat. According to the 2010 census, the following counties had populations greater than 100,000:

• Benton
• Clark
• Cowlitz
• King
• Kitsap
• Pierce
• Skagit
• Snohomish
• Spokane
• Thurston
• Whatcom
• Yakima

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See also

Local courts	Washington	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2021 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	Washington elections, 2021 Judicial selection in Washington Public policy in Washington Endorsers in Washington	Municipal elections, 2021 School board elections, 2021 Local ballot measure elections, 2021 Recall elections, 2021

Footnotes

Washington courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington

State courts:

Washington Supreme Court • Washington Court of Appeals • Washington Superior Court • Washington District Courts • Washington Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Washington • Washington judicial elections • Judicial selection in Washington