2026 Washington General Election

Sam Meyer

Buket Urgen

Legal Experience

Judicial Philosophy

Judicial Administration

Ethics & Conduct

Community Involvement

- Washington district courts handle all misdemeanor criminal cases and all low-level civil matters.
-This jurisdiction includes traffic, non-traffic, and parking infractions, domestic violence protection orders, Civil actions of $75,000 or less, small claims up to $10,000
- They are elected to 4-year, non-partisan elections. 

Presides over common civil or minor criminal trials.

Thurston

Criminal Justice