Lisa O’Toole is the sole listed candidate for King County Northeast Electoral District Court Judge, Position 3, in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, according to King County Elections. The race is nonpartisan.
Candidate information
Office sought: King County Northeast District Court Judge, Position 3
Party: Nonpartisan
Her official county judicial biography says O’Toole was elected in 2014. She serves at the Bellevue Courthouse, hearing criminal and civil matters, and is the court’s East Division presiding judge.
Education and experience
The county biography lists a bachelor’s degree in economics from Whitman College and a law degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law.
It describes earlier work as a civil litigator at Bogle & Gates, a King County deputy prosecuting attorney and a judge pro tem in district and municipal courts.
Her judicial service includes the court’s executive and personnel committees, training for judges pro tem and work with judicial education committees. She also serves on Bellevue’s Probation Advisory Board and volunteers in youth legal education programs, according to the county biography.
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