Superior Court Judges

For Superior Court Judges (all non-partisan), I’m not sure how to evaluate the candidates, so I’m just going to follow the endorsements of the papers. But this is one area you don’t have to worry too much about who you vote for since it seems as if all the candidates are qualified. Maybe the PI put it best:

We are not fond of electing judges. But King County voters have choices that would be hard to complain about.

Judge Position No. 1 - Vote for Tim Bradshaw

Seattle Times: Bradshaw
Post Intelligencer: Bradshaw

Seattle Times Editorials:

Trial-court experience is crucial for a Superior Court judge, and prosecutor Tim Bradshaw, 52, has a lot of it: 125 Superior Court jury trials, far more than his opponent for Position 1, Assistant Attorney General Sue Parisien.

Judge Position No. 22 - Vote for Julia Garratt

Seattle Times: Garratt
Post Intelligencer: Garratt

Seattle Times Editorials:

Garratt…has been a Superior Court judge pro tem since 1998…She has been a prosecutor and a public defender… Her Position 22 opponent, Holly Hill, has been a lecturer at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, giving her a big-picture overview of courtroom issues, but Garratt has more recent experience on the ground. Garratt has a precise, technocratic manner that will brook no nonsense.

Judge Position No. 37 - Vote for Jean Rietschel

Seattle Times: Rietschel
Post Intelligencer: Rietschel

PI Editorials:

Rietschel is the choice on the basis of experience and a record of firm but fair handling of cases as a municipal court judge for 12 years. Rietschel received exceptional ratings.