Seattle Municipal Court Judge Position No. 5
Source: kingcounty.gov
What does this office do?
- Deciding traffic tickets and fines
- Deciding small claims cases
- Ruling on city code violations
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Gabe Rothstein has been a public defender since 2005 and also serves as a part-time (pro tem) judge in city and district courts. He chairs the state bar's Character and Fitness Board and wants every person in court to be heard and treated with dignity.
Records: Legal Competence 2 for
Garmon Newsom
LostNonpartisan
Garmon Newsom is a Seattle Municipal Court pro tem judge with more than 30 years of criminal and civil legal experience. He previously served as Burien city attorney, a municipal attorney, and a prosecutor, and his campaign biography reports more than 75 civil and criminal trials.
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