Sal Mungia
Salvador “Sal” Mungia has narrowly defeated Dave Larson, a Federal Way Municipal Court judge, in the race for Washington State Supreme Court Justice Position #02.
As of the latest count, Mungia leads with 50.05% of the vote, totaling 1,635,914 votes, while Larson trails with 49.4% and 1,614,776 votes—a difference of approximately 21,000 votes.
The race, which saw over 3.2 million ballots cast, has been declared by The Seattle Times despite ongoing ballot counting, as the Secretary of State’s office estimates only about 24,000 votes remain. Write-in votes accounted for 0.54% of the total, or 17,777 ballots. Mungia’s slim victory margin secures him a seat on the state’s highest court.