Numerous state superior, district and municipal court judges accept endorsements from elected sheriffs and local police guilds. County sheriffs, including King County’s sheriff, endorsed or donated to several Superior Court candidates as recently as last fall. According to the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, at least 42 state judicial campaigns accepted money from police and guilds since 2010, including 14 in Seattle and King County. Contributions as high as $1,500 and $1,800 give ordinary citizens the wrong perception of our state judiciary.
Local police unions have made a great many endorsements of and contributions to Seattle and King County judges. In the eyes of the public, the only explanation
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