Jan Trasen is running for King County Northeast Electoral District Court Judge, Position 1, in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The official King County Elections list also names Bianca Tse in the nonpartisan race.

Candidate information

Office sought: King County Northeast District Court Judge, Position 1

Party: Nonpartisan

Trasen’s campaign biography describes her as an administrative law judge in the Washington Office of Administrative Hearings’ Child and Family Care Division and a judge pro tem in King County District Court and Edmonds Municipal Court.

Experience and public service

The campaign says her earlier work included public defense at the Washington Appellate Project and the Legal Aid Society, handling criminal, juvenile and related civil proceedings. It also describes earlier teaching with Teach For America’s inaugural corps.

Her campaign biography lists volunteer board work with The Ruby Room, the National Charity League and Lawyers Helping Hungry Children, along with judging student mock-trial and moot-court competitions. These details are supplied by the campaign.

Trasen presents fairness, respectful treatment and balanced judgment as central to her judicial approach. No submitted Surround Sound questionnaire was available for this profile.

Responses are based on public data and answers to a Surround Sound Media questionnaire if they were provided.