EVERETT — Snohomish County District Court judge Tam Bui won the race to earn a seat as a judge in the state’s Court of Appeals, results on Monday showed.<\/p>\n
Bui led with 52.7% of the vote. Moore trailed with 47.0% of the vote.<\/p>\n
Bui, 58, has served as a Snohomish County District Court judge since 2007. She previously served as a public defender and worked at the Washington Appellate Defender Association. Bui has also served on the state’s Board for Judicial <\/a>Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n Moore, 61, was appointed as a Snohomish County Superior Court judge in 2021. Before becoming a judge, she worked as a practicing lawyer for three decades, spending time as a prosecutor and at a civil firm. She had argued cases in front of the Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court.<\/p>\n As of Nov. 3, Moore reported $81,266 in campaign contributions. Bui reported $82,960 in campaign contributions, about $50,000 of which was self-funded, records show.<\/p>\n Snohomish County will certify election results Nov. 25<\/a>. <\/p>\n Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; <\/em>william.geschke@heraldnet.com<\/em><\/a>; X: <\/em>@willgeschke<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Judge Karen Moore was elected as a Superior Court Judge in 2021. She was appointed to the seat in 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bui earned 52.7% of the vote while Moore earned 47.0%, results Monday showed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":857275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[954,1084,2,1024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-elections-news","category-news","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2025\/11\/04\/bui-takes-early-lead-in-court-of-appeals-race\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bui wins race for Court of Appeals position","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/11\/04\/bui-takes-early-lead-in-court-of-appeals-race\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/11\/04\/bui-takes-early-lead-in-court-of-appeals-race\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/40726630_web1_TSR-CourtofAppealsV3-EDH-251027.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/40726630_web1_TSR-CourtofAppealsV3-EDH-251027.jpg"},"articleSection":"Local News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Geschke"}],"creator":["Will Geschke"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-11-05T04:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-11-05T04:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-27T20:38:15Z"},"rendered":"