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Clark County, WA

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U.S. House, Washington District 3
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez portrait
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; she lives in rural Skamania County and co-owns a Portland auto repair shop with her husband, per the Camas-Washougal Post-Record. The paper notes she is a member of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition and often votes independently of her party.
Top Priorities
  • Border security
  • Reproductive freedom
  • Right to repair
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
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John Braun
REP
Biography
John Braun is the Washington State Senate minority leader from the Centralia area, president of emergency vehicle manufacturer Braun Northwest, and a retired Navy submarine captain with 31 years of service, per his campaign site and the Camas-Washougal Post-Record.
Top Priorities
  • Border security
  • Restraining federal spending
  • Lower costs for families
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About this race
August 4 top-two primary result: John Braun (Republican, 39.69 percent) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democratic, 36.40 percent) advance to the November 3 ballot, per the Washington Secretary of State's certified results.
Supreme Court Justice Position 4
2 candidates
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Ian Birk
Biography
Ian Birk is a judge with prior experience as a lawyer and appellate practitioner and is a candidate for Washington State Supreme Court, Position 4, per his campaign site.
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Sean O'Donnell
Biography
Sean P. O'Donnell is a King County Superior Court Judge who has served 13 years on the bench, including as Chief Family Court Judge and Chief Criminal Judge, per his campaign site. He previously spent 12 years as a King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor, including service on the Green River Task Force, and is president of the Washington State Superior Court Judges' Association, per his campaign site.
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Supreme Court Justice Position 1
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Colleen Melody
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Biography
Colleen 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.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping the court free from the influence of special interests and political bias
  • Running a grassroots campaign funded by individual donors rather than special interests
Per the campaign site (melodyforjustice.com).
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Scott Edwards
Biography
Scott Edwards is an attorney who has practiced constitutional, appellate, and state tax law in Washington for about three decades, per his campaign website. He has worked at Bogle & Gates, Perkins Coie, Ballard Spahr, and, since 2025, Lane Powell, and holds an economics degree from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of Washington, per the same source. This is his first run for elected office, per his campaign website.
Top Priorities
  • Deciding cases based on the law and the record rather than politics or outside pressure
  • Applying clear, principled legal reasoning to strengthen public confidence in the courts
  • Bringing decades of complex litigation experience to the court
Per the campaign site (votescottedwards.com).
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Supreme Court Justice Position 3
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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David Stevens
Biography
David Stevens is a Mason County Superior Court judge, first elected in 2023 and reelected in 2024, per his campaign website. He has worked for more than two decades as a prosecutor and defense attorney in state, federal, tribal, and international courts, including as a Spokane County deputy prosecutor and a U.S. State Department rule-of-law adviser in Afghanistan, per the same source. He holds a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law and served in the U.S. Navy from 1983 to 1989, per his campaign website.
Top Priorities
  • Applying the law consistently and treating court processes, including jury selection, equally for all parties
  • Keeping the Supreme Court to its constitutional role of interpreting law rather than making policy
  • Requiring that constitutional changes go through formal amendment rather than judicial reinterpretation
Per the campaign site (judgestevensforwa.com).
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Jaime Michelle Hawk
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting rights and freedoms and applying the rule of law fairly, per her campaign site (judgehawk.com)
  • Serving on a Washington Supreme Court commission working to reduce bias in the courts and improve access for working families, per her campaign site (judgehawk.
  • Bringing more than 20 years of experience as a public defender, civil rights attorney, and trial judge to the court, per her campaign site (judgehawk.com)
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Supreme Court Justice Position 5
2 candidates
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Theo Angelis
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Biography
Theo Angelis is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 5, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in March 2026, per the Washington Courts website. He spent 26 years as a partner at K&L Gates, where he led the firm's appellate practice and later its intellectual property practice, per his official court biography. He holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College, Oxford University, the London School of Economics, and Yale Law School, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Faithfully interpreting and applying Washington's constitution and laws
  • Maintaining judicial independence and impartiality to strengthen public trust in the courts
  • Expanding equal access to the legal system, drawing on his pro bono work for asylum seekers and children
Per the campaign site (justiceangelis.com).
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Dave Larson
Biography
Dave Larson is a retired judge who served on the Federal Way Municipal Court from 2008 to 2026, including as presiding judge starting in 2009, per his campaign website. He worked as a civil trial lawyer for 23 years before joining the bench and has previously run for the Washington Supreme Court in 2016, 2020, and 2024 without winning a seat, per the same source. He holds a public administration degree from the University of Puget Sound and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law, per his campaign website.
Top Priorities
  • Holding to the guiding principle that 'it is more important to do right than it is to be right'
  • Valuing the freedoms of others as much as one's own
  • Supporting public legal education and youth civic engagement programs
Per the campaign site (larsonforjustice.com).
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Supreme Court Justice Position 7
2 candidates
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Debra L. Stephens
INCUMBENT
Biography
Debra L. Stephens is the sitting Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, a seat she has held since 2008, per the Washington Courts website. She previously served as a Court of Appeals, Division Three judge and as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law, and she is the first woman from Eastern Washington to reach the state's highest court, per her official court biography. A Spokane native, she also spent more than a decade as a local school board director, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Serving as 'a fierce advocate for an independent judiciary'
  • Keeping courts open and accessible to everyone
  • Basing judicial decisions on law rather than politics
Per the campaign site (justicestephens.com).
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Todd A. Bloom
Biography
Todd A. Bloom is an attorney, certified public accountant, and financial planner who has spent more than two decades providing legal and tax services to private and public companies, per his campaign website. He served as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer from 2002 to 2013 after earlier service in the Naval Reserve, and he has worked as a FINRA arbitrator, per the same source. He holds a law degree and MBA from Tulane University and a tax law master's degree from the University of Washington, per his campaign website.
Top Priorities
  • Applying the law as written rather than as judges might prefer it to read
  • Upholding the state and federal constitutions
  • Ensuring every person who appears in court receives a fair and impartial hearing
Per the campaign site (electtoddbloom.com).
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Countywide races in Clark County

ZIP 98684 sits in Clark County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Clark County races (24).

Clark County Auditor
2 candidates
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Mitchell Kelly
Biography
A deputy county auditor in the Clark County Auditor's Office who previously served as an assistant state auditor for the Washington State Auditor's Office, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. That entry also lists him as a former reporting and analysis manager in the auditor's office and a financial analyst at Southwest Washington Behavioral Health, and records an MBA from Arizona State University and an accounting degree from Brigham Young University.
Top Priorities
  • Administering fair and accurate elections, per Clark County Tomorrow's 2026 election guide
  • Maintaining public trust through transparency and integrity, per the same guide
  • Delivering county services efficiently, per the same guide
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Eileen Quiring O'Brien
Biography
A small business owner and licensed real estate broker and appraiser who chaired the Clark County Council from 2019 to 2022 and represented District 4 from 2016 to 2019, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. Before county government she served in the Oregon House from 1995 to 1997 and the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2001, where she was majority whip, per the same entry, and she has served on the Clark County Planning Commission and Board of Equalization.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping voter rolls clean and protecting voter integrity, per her voters' pamphlet statement
  • Eliminating waste and fraud in county operations, per the same statement
  • Running government honestly and responsibly, per Clark County Tomorrow's 2026 election guide
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About this race
August 4 top-two primary: Eileen Quiring O'Brien 29.2 percent, Mitchell Kelly 28.3 percent; also ran: Ty Stober (22.9 percent), Sharon Wylie (19.6 percent), per the county's official results. Open seat: sitting Auditor Greg Kimsey is not on the certified filing list. Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Clark County Clerk
2 candidates
County ▾
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Scott G Weber
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Biography
Clark County Clerk since he was first elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2022, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. Before taking office he worked in manufacturing, where he developed and implemented lean systems to increase efficiency, per the same entry, and he serves on the Veterans Court board and as treasurer of the Washington State Clerk's Association. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing the office's independent document imaging system, per his voters' pamphlet statement
  • Improving customer service and restitution collection, per the same statement
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Rachel Shapiro
Biography
Founder and owner of Shapiro Mediation LLC, where she handles divorce mediation including financial forensics and asset analysis, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. She holds a juris doctorate from the University of Massachusetts School of Law and has served as a precinct committee officer in Clark County, per the same entry, and pledges monthly open office hours on her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting the accuracy and integrity of court records
  • Expanding public access to court information and improving customer service
  • Modernizing office operations while keeping transparency
Per the campaign site.
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About this race
Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Clark County Assessor
2 candidates
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Peter Van Nortwick
INCUMBENT
Biography
A certified general appraiser who has served as Clark County Assessor since 2011 after first winning the office in 2010, per the county's official about the assessor page. Before taking office he was managing partner of American Commercial and Residential Appraisal following a decade in telecommunications, per that same county page, and the Clark County Association of Realtors named him 2020 affiliate of the year, per his voters' pamphlet entry. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing to expand the senior property tax exemption program, per his voters' pamphlet statement
  • Using technology to keep assessments fair and equitable, per the same statement
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Tyler Thoune
Biography
A Clark County real estate investor with more than 20 years buying, remodeling, flipping and evaluating properties across the county, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. That entry lists a 1999 Fort Vancouver High School diploma, a 2018 emergency medical technician certification, and community service coaching Little League baseball and Clark County Youth Football since 2016, and records no prior elected experience. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Fair valuations and market based assessments so ordinary homeowners are not over assessed, per his voters' pamphlet statement
  • Increased transparency and accountability in the assessor's office, per the same statement
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About this race
Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Clark County Prosecuting Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
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Laurel Smith
Biography
A senior deputy prosecuting attorney in the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office since 2012 who handles murder and sexual offense cases and supervises the domestic violence and child abuse units, per her campaign site. That site also lists service as a judge pro tempore in Clark County District Court and on the state bar's rules and procedures committee, and reports she received the Clark County Bar Association's Donald Simpson Award for Professionalism in 2025.
Top Priorities
  • Seeking justice for victims and maintaining public safety
  • Backing legislation that protects victims and increases offender accountability
  • Keeping close working partnerships with law enforcement agencies
Per the campaign site.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
August 4 top-two primary: Laurel Smith 100.0 percent, per the county's official results. Open seat: sitting Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik is not on the certified filing list, and he announced in September 2025 that he would not seek another term. Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.
Clark County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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John Horch
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Biography
The 35th sheriff of Clark County, in the sheriff's office since 1989, per his official county biography. That biography lists earlier assignments as chief enforcement deputy, drug task force commander, major crimes investigator, search and rescue coordinator, internal affairs supervisor and bomb technician. He graduated from Hudson's Bay High School, holds a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership and completed the FBI National Academy, per the same page.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.
Clark County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Alishia Topper
INCUMBENT
Biography
Clark County Treasurer since 2019 and a certified public funds investment manager, per her campaign site and the county treasurer's official page. Before taking office she was tax services manager in the treasurer's office, director of strategic partnerships for Vancouver Public Schools and director of the Fort Vancouver National Trust, per her campaign site, and she holds a master of public administration from Portland State University.
Top Priorities
  • Providing excellent treasury services and streamlining office processes
  • Increasing transparency in county finances
  • Making it easier for residents to pay their taxes
Per the campaign site.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 1
1 candidate
County ▾
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Kristen L. Parcher
Biography
Kristen L. Parcher's Washington voters' pamphlet statement states that Parcher has been District Court Judge, Department 1, since 2018, after serving as a District Court Commissioner from 2011 to 2018. The statement also notes that Parcher was an attorney with Vancouver Defenders providing indigent defense services to District Court, and also worked as a family law attorney for Green & Ritchie, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Kristen L. Parcher is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 1, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 2
1 candidate
County ▾
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Chad E. Sleight
Biography
Chad E. Sleight's Washington voters' pamphlet statement lists Clark County District Court Judge March 2017-present. The statement also lists Pro Tem Judge Clark County District Court 2013-2017; Attorney at Law 2004-2017; Prosecutor for the cities of Battle Ground, Ridgefield, and La Center 2009-2017, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Chad E. Sleight is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 2, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 3
1 candidate
County ▾
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James B. Smith
Biography
James B. Smith's Washington voters' pamphlet statement lists District Court Judge for Clark County (appointed 2021, elected 2022). The statement also lists Law Clerk for Chelan County Superior Court. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Cowlitz County - served as Chief Criminal Deputy, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
James B. Smith is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 3, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 4
1 candidate
County ▾
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Leslie A. Lopez
Biography
Leslie A. Lopez's Washington voters' pamphlet statement lists Clark County District Court Judge (2025-present); Clark County District Court Commissioner (2024-2025); Pro Tempore Judge in Superior and District Courts (2023-2024). The statement also lists DMCJA Diversity Committee; DMCJA Public Outreach; Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program; American Inns of Court; Washington Women Lawyers, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Leslie A. Lopez is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 4, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 5
1 candidate
County ▾
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Megan D. Peyton
Biography
Megan D. Peyton's Washington voters' pamphlet statement states that Judge Megan Peyton began serving on the Clark County District Court Bench in January of 2026. The statement also lists Board member of the Clark County YWCA, member of the Clark County Bar Association and Inns of Court, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Megan D. Peyton is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 5, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.
Clark County District Court, Department No. 6
1 candidate
County ▾
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Abigail E. Bartlett
Biography
Abigail E. Bartlett's Washington voters' pamphlet statement lists Clark County District Court Judge (2021-present); Clark County District Court Commissioner (2017-2021); Clark County Prosecutor’s Office Senior Deputy Prosecutor (2006-2017). The statement also lists District Court Municipal Judges’ Association Diversity Committee member; Clark County Bar Association Diversity Committee member; Clark County District Court DEI Council member, per the Washington voters' pamphlet statement. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Abigail E. Bartlett is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Clark County District Court, Department No. 6, per the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election candidate list.

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