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Ketu Shah
2029
Ketu Shah is a judge for Department 50 of the King County Superior Court in Washington. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Shah won re-election for the Department 50 judge of the King County Superior Court in Washington outright in the primary on August 6, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Education
Shah received a B.A. from Whitman College in 1990, and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1994.[1]
Career
- 2013-2019: District court judge, King County Northeast Division
- 2007-2013: Judge pro tempore, King County District Court
- 2000-2013: Attorney, Ketu Shah Law Offices
- 1999-2000: Assistant city attorney, Seattle, WA
- 1997-1999: Assistant city attorney, Vancouver, WA
- 1994-1997: Law clerk, Judge Carol Schapira of the King County Superior Court[1]
Awards
- 2008: Community Award, South Asian Bar Association
Associations
- 2013-Present: Member, District and Municipal Court Judicial Administration
- 2011-Present: President, Select Soccer for Mercer Island Youth Soccer Association
- 1995-Present: Member, Washington State Bar Association
- 2008-2012: Board member, South Asian Bar Association
- 2005-2012: Board member, Chaya (Co-chair of board 2006-2012)
- 2008-2009: Member, JAJEC Rules Committee
- 2000-2004: Member, Asian Bar Association
- 2000-2004: Committee member, ABAW Judicial Evaluations
- Past vice president, Community Development for Network of Indian Professionals
- Past co-president, Asian Law Student Association[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Ketu Shah (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Shah in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2020)
General election
The general election was canceled. Ketu Shah (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2019
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2019)
General election
The general election was canceled. Ketu Shah (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2018
Incumbent Ketu Shah won election in the general election for King County District Court Northeast Division on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for King County District Court Northeast Division
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ketu Shah (Nonpartisan) | 98.7 | 161,553 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 2,129 | ||
| Total votes: 163,682 | |||
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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]
2014
See also: Washington judicial elections, 2014
Shah ran for re-election to the King County Northeast Division.
General: He defeated Sarah Hayne in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 52 percent of the vote.
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ketu Shah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ketu Shah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ketu Shah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Retain Ketu Shah for District Court Judge campaign website, "Experience," archived October 15, 2014
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedconst - ↑ King County Elections, "2014 General election candidates," accessed October 9, 2014
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
