Washington Courts: Judicial News Report Detail

Unofficial 1996 General Election Results - Judicial Races

Supreme Court

Position 3: Statewide total

Charles W. Johnson   586,418 62.2%
Douglas J. Smith    356,097 37.8%

*Results as of 9 a.m. 11/6. Source: Secretary of State homepage

Court of Appeals

Division III
District 3 Position 2: Statewide total

Frank L. Kurtz       43,984      59.3%       
Susan Cawley        30,161      40.7%

*Results as of 9 a.m. 11/6. Source: Secretary of State homepage

Superior Court

King County 


Position 2:  

Harriett Cody      219,039     54.96%
Bruce Gardiner      179,472     45.04%

Position 6:
Phil Hubbard        202,063     52.68%
Joan B. Allison     181,528     47.32%


Position 9:
Jeff Ramsdell       201,500     52.65%
JoAnne Alumbaugh    181,205     47.35%


Position 26:
Jeanette Burrage    210,873     51.75%
Doug North          196,595     48.25%

*Results as of 8:51 a.m. 11/6.  Source:  
King County Elections homepage





Pierce County  


Department 2:

Rudy Tollefson     31,722      63.8%
Doug Vanscoy        17,993      36.2%

Department 4:  
Bryan Chushcoff     29,269      57.5%
Art Wang            21,594      42.5%

*55% of precincts reporting.  Source:  News Tribune





Spokane County


Department 6:

Sam F. Cozza       69,718      60.2%               
Royce H. Moe        45,945      39.7%

*As of 1:56 a.m. 11/6.   Source:  
Spokane County homepage.





Thurston County


Position 7:

Gary R. Tabor      34,237      54.2%
Chris Wickham       28,968      45.8%

*75% of absentees counted.  Source:  Thurston County Auditor’s Office.





Yakima County


Department 2:

Patti Powers       23,510      50.1%
Jim Hutton          23,421      49.9%

*Results as of 9 a.m. 11/6.  9,261 absentee votes yet to be counted.

  Source:  Yakima County Auditor’s Office.  

District Court

Grays Harbor 


Department 2:

Tom Copland            11,163      58.4%
John D. Shumacher   7,956       41.6%

*Results as of 9 a.m. 11/6.  Source:  Grays Harbor Auditor’s Office.