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Gregg Hirakawa
Gregg Hirakawa is a judge for West Division of the King County District Court in Washington. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Hirakawa ran for re-election for the West Division judge of the King County District Court in Washington. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Hirakawa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Hirakawa won election to a full term in 2016. He was unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Gregg Hirakawa earned a high school diploma from Kalani High School, a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon in 1981, and a law degree from Seattle University in 2002. His career experience includes working as a judge.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2022)
General election
General election for King County District Court West Division
Incumbent Gregg Hirakawa won election in the general election for King County District Court West Division on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregg Hirakawa (Nonpartisan)  | 99.2 | 198,820 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,671 | ||
| Total votes: 200,491 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gregg Hirakawa advanced from the primary for King County District Court West Division.
2018
Incumbent Gregg Hirakawa won election in the general election for King County District Court West Division on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for King County District Court West Division
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregg Hirakawa (Nonpartisan) | 99.1 | 218,475 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 2,025 | ||
| Total votes: 220,500 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the district courts are chosen in nonpartisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[2][3]
Qualifications
To serve on a district court, a judge must be:[4]
- a resident and registered voter of his or her district;
- one of the following: licensed to practice law in the state; a former district judge, municipal judge, police judge or justice of the peace; able to pass a qualifying exam (in districts of more than 5000 people); and
- under the age of 75.*[3]
*No judge is eligible to run for office after attaining the age of 75. If a sitting judge turns 75 while serving, he or she may continue serving until the end of that calendar year.[5]
2016
Washington held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. Candidates for district and superior court seats had to file for election by May 20, 2016. Primary elections were held on August 2, 2016, for six seats where more than two candidates filed for election. Incumbent Gregg Hirakawa ran unopposed in the King County West Division District Court nonpartisan general election for Position 4.[6]
| King County West Division District Court, Position 4 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Gregg Hirakawa Incumbent | ||
| Source: "King County Election Results," "November 8, 2016 Election," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||
Selection method
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gregg Hirakawa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hirakawa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- In the recent 2022 King County Bar Association Judges Survey, I received Very Good to Excellent (highest) ratings in all categories, scoring well above the court average.
- I have been recognized for my professionalism and integrity through previous appointments to the City of Seattle’s Ethics and Elections Commission and Civil Service Commission, and the King County Board of Ethics and King County Charter Review Commission.
- The court should reflect community it serves. I developed the first ever statewide judge pro tempore training program providing attorneys from underserved communities with judicial training and expereince for possible appointment or election to the bench.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2022
- ↑ Washington Courts, "A Citizen's Guide to Washington Courts, Eleventh Edition," 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlimited - ↑ Washington State Legislature, "Washington State Constitution," accessed September 24, 2014 (Scroll to Article IV)
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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
