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-Seattle Municipal Court Judge
Position Numbers 1 through 7.

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Seattle Municipal Court's
seven judges hear cases

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involving misdemeanors
and gross misdemeanors,

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including domestic violence,
DUI, parking tickets,

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and traffic infractions.

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The Municipal Court also hears
cases involving civil offenses,

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such as violations of the
City's fire, housing,

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or zoning codes.

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There are seven positions
on the ballot this year.

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Each Municipal Court Judge
serves a four-year term

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in this nonpartisan office.

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All voters in Seattle can vote
in each of the seven races.

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-I first walked into
Seattle Municipal Court

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as an eighth grader,
working on a school project

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about public defense.

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I did not plan on a career
there, but I have spent the

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last 16 years in that courtroom
and others across King County,

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standing next to people on the
hardest days of their lives.

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I've represented people facing
misdemeanors and people

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facing serious felonies,

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I've tried homicide cases,
negotiated treatment

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alternatives, and stood beside
kids in the juvenile system.

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That work showed me what
addiction, poverty, and lack of

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treatment do to a person long
before a judge opens the file.

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Municipal Court handles
misdemeanors, the lowest

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criminal charge in Washington,
but small cases still

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carry heavy consequences.

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A person can sit in jail on
a misdemeanor while someone

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charged with a felony goes
home that same afternoon.

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Judges lose the public's
trust when the punishment

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stops matching the charge.

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As a judge, I will hear
both sides in full and hold

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the prosecution and the
defense to the same standard.

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Before I order anyone into a
program, I want to see the

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research behind it and the
data on whether it works.

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The people who run those
programs should have a

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say in how they change.

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Accountability should fit
the offense and leave

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the person better able
to stay out of court.

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I am proud to be endorsed
by Seattle Municipal Court

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Judges Anita Crawford-Willis,
Damon Shadid, and Pooja Vaddadi;

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King County Democrats, the
32nd, 34th, 36th, 37th, 43rd,

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and 46th District Democrats;
former Supreme Court Justice

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Mary Yu; the National
Women's Political Caucus;

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Machinist Local 751,
Ironworkers Local 86, UAW

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4121; dozens of judges,
attorneys, and community

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leaders, and many more.

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I ask for your vote.

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