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Gary Hintze

Nonpartisan · Washington · 2026

Running for Yakima County District Court, Judge Position 1, Washington

Biography

Hintze has served as Yakima County District Court Judge since March 2022 and was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Yakima County Prosecutor's Office from 2000 to 2022, per the statement filed for the Washington voters' guide. Hintze holds a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and served as a judge pro tem in the municipal courts of Yakima, Union Gap, Wapato and Granger, per the statement filed for the Washington voters' guide.

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