Washington election recap, 2012

November 15, 2012

Washington: We saw new judges elected across the board in Washington this year. On the Supreme Court, public defender Sheryl McCloud was elected to Position 9, defeating opponent Richard Sanders. On the Court of Appeals, former Assistant Attorney General Thomas Bjorgen was elected to District 2 after defeating Pamela Loginsky. In the state's trial court races there were 19 new judges elected.

There were only three Washington incumbents ousted this year. The first two were John P. Wulle of the Clark Superior Court and Beverly G. Grant of the Pierce County Superior Court. Both of these incumbents were eliminated in the primary election on August 7th. The third incumbent to be defeated was King County Superior Court Judge Christopher A. Washington, who was ousted in the November 6th general election by Sue Parisien who won the heated race by only one percentage point.

For more information on this year's judicial elections in Washington, see: Washington judicial elections, 2012.