80.7% of Municipal Court races in Washington since 2014 had only one candidate. Evictions, DUIs and no-contact orders often start here.
Nonpartisan elected office · contest rates 2014–2025
80.7%
of the 176 Municipal Court races since 2014 had a single candidate
(142 of 176)
(142 of 176)
What this court does
City courts handling municipal code violations, misdemeanors, traffic infractions and many protection orders.
Evictions, DUIs and no-contact orders often start here.
Money in the 2026 races
- Candidates filed11
- Total raised$220,353
- Contributions455
- Average gift$484
2026 candidates
| Candidate | District / position |
|---|---|
| Anita M. Crawford-willis (Anita Crawford-willis) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 4 |
| Catherine M. Mcdowall (Cat Mcdowall) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 1 |
| Damon George Shadid (Damon Shadid) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 7 |
| Dee A. Sonntag (Dee Sonntag) | Tacoma Municipal Court Pos. 1 |
| Erin Lindsay Calkins (Lindsay Calkins) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 5 |
| Gabriel Rothstein (Gabe Rothstein) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 5 |
| Garmon Newsom Ii (Garmon Newsom) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 5 |
| Katharine Kinard Edwards (Katharine Edwards) | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 2 |
| Sergio Ramon Cueva Flores (Sergio C. Flores) | Tacoma Municipal Court Pos. 2 |
| Shantrice Anderson | Municipal Court Judge Position No. 6 |
| Steven J. Krupa | Tacoma Municipal Court Pos. 3 |
What we can’t tell you yet — and nobody else can either.
This page covers who is running, who is unopposed, and who is paying. It does not
cover how these judges have actually ruled, because no public dataset of Washington
court opinions has been compiled for that purpose. We are working on it. Until then,
the honest position is that voters are being asked to fill judicial seats with almost
no information about judicial behaviour.