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Colleen Melody
Nonpartisan · Washington · 2026 · IncumbentColleen Melody is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 1, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in January 2026, per the Washington Courts website. Before joining the court she spent 11 years as chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington Attorney General's Office and worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, per the same source. She is a University of Washington School of Law graduate who clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, per her official court biography.
Priorities
- Keeping the court free from the influence of special interests and political bias, per her campaign site (melodyforjustice.com)
- Running a grassroots campaign funded by individual donors rather than special interests, per her campaign site (melodyforjustice.com)
On the ballot
Supreme Court Justice Position 1 · Washington · 2026
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