Legal/judicial experience

Judge, Division I, Court of Appeals, serving since 2016 and authoring more than 500 opinions. Private practice emphasizing environmental law and policy, civil rights, public records, land use, and open government litigation for 25 years. Major cases included helping protect the Maury Island Marine Reserve from a proposed major barge terminal. Successfully argued a landmark Freedom of Information Act case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professional experience

Professional geologist/geophysicist

Education

J.D., Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Judge David Mann was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to the State Court of Appeals in 2016, elected to retain his position in 2017, and re-elected in 2020. He has served as the Chief Judge for Division I and is currently the most senior judge on the ten-member court.

On endorsements, in their statement: “He is endorsed by a majority of the current appellate judges and justices in the state.”

In the candidate's own words, from the Washington State Voters' Pamphlet, 2026 General Election, Edition 04 (King County: Seattle), p. 60. Statements aren't fact-checked by the elections office or by us.