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Melissa Hemstreet
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Melissa Hemstreet is a judge of the Kitsap County Superior Court in Washington. She was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee on June 30, 2015, and assumed the position on July 1, 2015. She will complete the expiring term of Judge Anna M. Laurie, who retired. The term ends in December 2016.[1] Hemstreet filed for re-election in 2016 and won automatically because she faced no challengers.
Education
Hemstreet received her undergraduate degree from Williamette University and, in 1997, a her J.D. from Williamette University College of Law.[1]
Career
Before her judicial appointment, Hemstreet was an attorney in private practice in Port Orchard, Washington.[1]
Elections
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.
Hemstreet won re-election without appearing on a ballot in 2016 because no challengers emerged by the May 2016 filing deadline.[2] In counties with a population that is greater than 100,000, if only one superior court candidate files for election for a judgeship, that candidate is automatically elected and the county does not hold a general election for the seat. According to the 2010 census, the following counties have a population greater than 100,000:[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Port Orchard Independent, "Port Orchard attorney appointed superior court judge," June 30, 2015
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 21, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Washington: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013," accessed July 24, 2014
