Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2021

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The terms of two Washington Court of Appeals judges expired on January 10, 2022. The seats, held by Judge James Verellen of Division I and Judge Bernard Veljacic of Division II, were up for nonpartisan election on November 2, 2021. A primary was scheduled for August 3, 2021.

A full term on the court is six years. The Divison I seat was up for a regular six-year term, while the Division II seat was up for a three-year unexpired term.

Candidates and election results

Division 1, District 1

General election candidates

• James Verellen  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• James Verellen  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Division 2, District 3

General election candidates

• Bernard Veljacic  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Bernard Veljacic  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Selection

See also: Judicial selection in Washington

Each division of the Court of Appeals is subdivided into three geographic districts for election purposes. The districts are not divided evenly according to population, but the districts containing higher populations usually elect more judges. Each judge is elected by a district's voters in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. If a seat becomes vacant between elections, an interim judge from the corresponding district is appointed by the governor and he or she must run in the next regularly scheduled election to finish the remainder of the term. Elections are staggered so that one-third of the judges, in each of divisions 2 and 3, face an election each even-numbered year. There is an election for at least one Division 1 judge every year.

The judges of each division annually select from among themselves a chief judge to handle administrative details for the division. All 22 judges annually select a presiding chief judge to oversee business matters among the three divisions.

Qualifications

To serve as an appellate judge, judges must have practiced law in the state of Washington for at least five years and must have been a resident of the district they represent for at least one year.

Past elections

2020

General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1

Incumbent David S. Mann won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David S. Mann (Nonpartisan)	98.6	815,487
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	11,427

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 826,914
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1

Incumbent Bill Bowman won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Bowman (Nonpartisan)	98.6	807,933
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	11,451

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 819,384
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 2

Linda Coburn won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Linda Coburn (Nonpartisan)	98.0	319,743
		Other/Write-in votes	2.0	6,366

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,109
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 1

Incumbent Lisa Worswick won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Worswick (Nonpartisan)	98.0	329,224
		Other/Write-in votes	2.0	6,845

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 336,069
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 2

Incumbent Lisa L. Sutton won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa L. Sutton (Nonpartisan)	98.1	327,019
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9	6,305

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 333,324
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division III District 1

Tracy Arlene Staab defeated Marshall Casey in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division III District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tracy Arlene Staab (Nonpartisan)	62.8	190,276
	Submit photo	Marshall Casey (Nonpartisan)	36.4	110,355
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	2,184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 302,815
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General election

General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division III District 3

Incumbent Rebecca Pennell won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division III District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rebecca Pennell (Nonpartisan)	98.8	136,674
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	1,723

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 138,397
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2019 Division 1, District 1, Position 1 See also: Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2019 General election General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 Incumbent John Chun won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 on November 5, 2019. Candidate % Votes ✔ John Chun (Nonpartisan)   98.6   391,290   Other/Write-in votes   1.4   5,723 Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 397,013 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Division 1, District 1, Position 2 See also: Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2019 General election Special general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 Incumbent Lori Smith won election in the special general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division I District 1 on November 5, 2019. Candidate % Votes ✔ Submit photo Lori Smith (Nonpartisan)   98.6   388,420   Other/Write-in votes   1.4   5,381 Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 393,801 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Division 2, District 3, Position 2 See also: Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2019 General election General election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 3 Incumbent Anne Cruser won election in the general election for Washington Court of Appeals Division II District 3 on November 5, 2019. Candidate % Votes ✔ Submit photo Anne Cruser (Nonpartisan)   97.7   109,551   Other/Write-in votes   2.3   2,628 Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 112,179 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. 2018 See also: Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2018 General election Washington Court of Appeals General Elections 2018 Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. Office Candidates District 1 Beth Andrus (i) District 1 Marlin Appelwick (i) District 3 Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez  Tom SeGuine  District 1 Linda C.J. Lee (i) District 2 Rebecca Glasgow  District 3 Rich Melnick (i) District 1 Laurel Siddoway (i) District 3 Robert Lawrence-Berrey (i) Primary election Washington Court of Appeals Primary Elections 2018 Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. Office Candidates District 1 This primary was canceled. District 1 This primary was canceled. District 3 Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez  Lisa Keeler  Rita Latsinova  Roger Leishman  Tom SeGuine  District 1 This primary was canceled. District 2 This primary was canceled. District 3 This primary was canceled. District 1 This primary was canceled. District 3 This primary was canceled. 2017 Division 1, Position 2 Incumbent Michael Spearman defeated Nathan Choi in the general election for Position 2 on Division 1 of the Washington Court of Appeals. General Election for Washington Court of Appeals Division 1, Position 2, 2017 Candidate Vote % Votes Michael Spearman Incumbent 76.27% 324,760 Nathan Choi 23.73% 101,016 Total Votes 425,776 Source: Washington Secretary of State, "November 7, 2017 General Election Results," accessed December 21, 2017 Division 1, Position 5 Incumbent David S. Mann ran unopposed in the general election for Position 5 on Division 1 of the Washington Court of Appeals. General Election for Washington Court of Appeals Division 1, Position 5, 2017 Candidate Vote % Votes David S. Mann Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 324,883 Total Votes 324,883 Source: Washington Secretary of State, "November 7, 2017 General Election Results," accessed December 21, 2017 2016 Incumbent Michael Trickey ran unopposed in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Michael Trickey Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 632,098 Total Votes (100% reporting) 632,098 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results Incumbent Stephen Dwyer ran unopposed in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 2. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 2, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Stephen Dwyer Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 254,988 Total Votes (100% reporting) 254,988 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results Incumbent Bradley A. Maxa ran unopposed in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 1. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 1, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Bradley A. Maxa Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 236,749 Total Votes (100% reporting) 236,749 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results Incumbent Jill M. Johanson ran unopposed in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 3. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 3, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Jill M. Johanson Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 211,205 Total Votes (100% reporting) 211,205 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results Incumbent George Fearing defeated Patrick McBurney in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3, District 2. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3, District 2, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes George Fearing Incumbent 53.60% 86,411 Patrick McBurney 46.40% 74,813 Total Votes (100% reporting) 161,224 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results Incumbent Rebecca Pennell ran unopposed in the general election for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3, District 3. Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3, District 3, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Rebecca Pennell Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 106,059 Total Votes (100% reporting) 106,059 Source: Washington Secretary of State Official Results

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