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Marcus Naylor
Marcus Naylor is a judge for Northeast Division of the King County District Court in Washington. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Naylor ran for re-election for the Northeast Division judge of the King County District Court in Washington. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Naylor was previously a 2014 candidate for the King County Northeast Division in Washington.[1]
Biography
Education
Naylor received a B.A. from Trinity Lutheran College in 1986 and a J.D. from Seattle University Law School in 1992.[2]
Career
- 1992-2018: Public defender, King County - Northwest Defenders Division (NDD)
- Judge pro tem, King County District Court[2]
Awards and associations
Awards
- Attorney of the Year, Northwest Defenders Division
Associations
- Volunteer attorney, Neighborhood Legal Clinic
- Member, Joint Asian Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee
- Committee member, Criminal Justice Round Table
- Committee member, Organized Retail Crime Task Force
- Panel member, Juvenile Justice Round Table
- Mentor, Seattle University Mentor Program
- Judge/rater, YMCA High School Mock Trial Competition
- Member, Washington State Bar Association
- Member, King County Bar Association
- Member, Asian Bar Association
- Past board member, The Alternative to Street Crimes of King County[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2022)
General election
General election for King County District Court Northeast Division
Incumbent Marcus Naylor won election in the general election for King County District Court Northeast Division on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marcus Naylor (Nonpartisan) | 98.6 | 148,767 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 2,175 | ||
| Total votes: 150,942 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Marcus Naylor advanced from the primary for King County District Court Northeast Division.
2018
General election
Marcus Naylor defeated Joshua Schaer 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Marcus Naylor (Nonpartisan) | 65.7 | 133,500 |
 | Joshua Schaer (Nonpartisan) | 33.8 | 68,684 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,148 | ||
| Total votes: 203,332 | |||
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Top-two primary
Marcus Naylor and Joshua Schaer defeated Mychal Schwartz in the primary for King County District Court Northeast Division on August 7, 2018.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for King County District Court Northeast Division
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcus Naylor (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 62,488 |
| ✔ | | Joshua Schaer (Nonpartisan) | 34.5 | 43,042 |
| Mychal Schwartz (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 19,081 | ||
| Total votes: 124,611 | |||
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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.[3][4]
Qualifications
To serve on a district court, a judge must be:[5]
- 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.*[4]
*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.[6]
2014
- See also: Washington judicial elections, 2014
Naylor ran for election to the King County Northeast Division.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 34.8 percent of the vote. He competed against Lisa O'Toole.
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marcus Naylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 King County Elections, "2014 General election candidates," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marcus Naylor for Judge, "About," archived October 15, 2014
- ↑ Washington Courts, "A Citizen's Guide to Washington Courts, Eleventh Edition," 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
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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
