The future of Washington’s new “millionaires tax” is at stake this election season. And not JUST the ballot measure asking voters to weigh repealing the tax in November. The justices on the state Supreme Court will decide a separate legal challenge to that historic measure.  

In a highly unusual scenario: five of the court’s nine seats are up for election this fall. Tuesday’s primary will determine the candidates for FOUR of those races. 

Soundside's final look at the Washington State Primary Ballot takes a closer look at these four races for seats on the WA State Supreme Court.

GUEST:Jonathan Martin - Former Seattle Times editor who now writes for the Washington Observer. Also, The Cascadia Daily News recently announced he’ll be their new editor-in-chief starting in September.

RELATED LINKS: 
https://www.washingtonsupremecourt.org/ 
League of Women Voters of Washington - Supreme Court Candidates
Washington Supreme Court elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia  
The independent money comes out to play - WA Observer

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The future of Washington&rsquo;s new &ldquo;millionaires tax&rdquo; is at stake this election season. And not&nbsp;JUST the ballot measure asking voters to weigh repealing the tax in November. The justices on the state Supreme Court will decide a separate legal challenge to that historic measure. &nbsp;
In a highly unusual scenario: five of the court&rsquo;s nine seats are up for election this fall. Tuesday&rsquo;s primary will determine the candidates for FOUR of those races.&nbsp;
Soundside's final look at the Washington State Primary Ballot takes a closer look at these four races for seats on the WA State Supreme Court.
GUEST: <a href="https://substack.com/@jonathanobserver">Jonathan Martin</a> - Former Seattle Times editor who now writes for the Washington Observer. Also, The Cascadia Daily News recently announced he&rsquo;ll be their new editor-in-chief starting in September.
RELATED LINKS:&nbsp;
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<li><a href="https://www.washingtonsupremecourt.org/">https://www.washingtonsupremecourt.org/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://lwvwa.org/Supreme-Court-Candidates">League of Women Voters of Washington - Supreme Court Candidates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Supreme_Court_elections,_2026">Washington Supreme Court elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia</a> &nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/the-independent-money-comes-out-to">The independent money comes out to play</a> - WA Observer</li>
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Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to <a href="http://donate.kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">donate.kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a> Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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Confused how to decide on state supreme court candidates? Here’s some help for WA primary voters. Four seats are on the ballot for the August Primary, with Soundside host Libby Denkmann breaking down each race with Washington Observer writer Jonathan Martin.