Candidate · Supreme Court, Position 3
David Stevens
- Current office
- Judge, Mason County Superior Court (elected 2023, re-elected 2024)
- Occupation
- Superior court judge
- Lives in
- Shelton
Background
- Mason County Superior Court judge, elected in 2023 and re-elected in 2024. source: spokesman.com
- U.S. Navy petty officer, 1983-1989. source: spokesman.com
- Spokane County deputy prosecutor (2001-2010); later a federal prosecutor in Sacramento, a U.S. State Department justice adviser in Afghanistan and an EU prosecutor in Kosovo; public defense director for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; prosecutor in Okanogan and Mason counties. source: spokesman.com
- B.A. in sociology and law degree, University of Washington. source: spokesman.com
- Endorsed by the Washington State Republican Party. source: opb.org
In their own words
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- Stevens describes a strict-constructionist approach: "You read what the statute says, unless there's any ambiguity, that's where you stop". source: spokesman.com
- Says the justices are "fundamentally changing the criminal justice system in Washington state." source: newsfromthestates.com
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