RCW 29A.04.110

Partisan office.

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party (2008)

Most recently applied in Washington State Republican Party v. Washington State Grange (January 2012)

2005 c 2 s 4 (Initiative Measure No. 872, approved November 2, 2004).

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"Partisan office" means a public office for which a candidate may indicate a political party preference on his or her declaration of candidacy and have that preference appear on the primary and general election ballot in conjunction with his or her name. The following are partisan offices:

(1) United States senator and United States representative;

(2) All state offices, including legislative, except (a) judicial offices and (b) the office of superintendent of public instruction;

(3) All county offices except (a) judicial offices and (b) those offices for which a county home rule charter provides otherwise.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.