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Jaime Michelle Hawk

Nonpartisan · Washington · 2026

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Supreme Court Justice Position 3Washington · 2026
Top priorities
  • Protecting rights and freedoms and applying the rule of law fairly
  • Serving on a Washington Supreme Court commission working to reduce bias in the courts and improve access for working families
  • Bringing more than 20 years of experience as a public defender, civil rights attorney, and trial judge to the court

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Jaime Michelle Hawk is a King County Superior Court judge, appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2022, per her campaign website. Her earlier legal career included work as a juvenile public defender in Grant County, a federal public defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, and legal strategy director for the ACLU of Washington, per the same source. She earned her law degree from Gonzaga University in 2004 and has since taught as an adjunct professor there, per her campaign website.

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