King County District Court, Northeast Electoral District, Judge Position No. 1

About this race

Jan Trasen and Bianca Tse meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat, per King County Elections' general-election candidate list. King County District Court judges are elected by electoral district, so only one district's judges are on your ballot. The Northeast Electoral District covers Beaux Arts Village, Bellevue, Bothell, Carnation, Clyde Hill, Duvall, Hunts Point, Issaquah, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, Newcastle, North Bend, Redmond, Sammamish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Woodinville and Yarrow Point, plus nearby unincorporated areas, per King County Ordinance 19937. Addresses in unincorporated King County, including some with a Seattle, Renton or Kent mailing address, can fall in a different district; your printed ballot shows yours.

What this office does

Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. Elected by district: only voters who live in the district see this race on their ballot.