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Oct 20, 2026
Carleen JohnsonHOST
And then it says, with five of our nine state Supreme Court seats on the ballot this year, the danger presented by this right-wing effort to pack our court has never been greater.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Now, one of the candidates being targeted by this group, which is funded by public employee groups, including SEIU 775 and the State Teachers Union, WEA, is Dave Larson.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
He is challenging sitting Justice Theo Angelis.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Justice Angelis was appointed by Governor Bob Ferguson earlier this year.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
They had worked together before in a private law firm.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Now, he's got he got one of the mailers.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Dave Larson did this candidate.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
He got one of the mailers himself and then decided that he believes these groups have gone way too far in politicizing what is supposed to be a nonpartisan contest.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
But today we're going to spend some time talking about Supreme Court position five.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
The candidates in that race are sitting Justice Theo Angelis and his challenger, Judge Dave Larson.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
You'll hear from both of them in today's episode.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Also on your ballot, of course, three initiatives backed by Let's Go Washington.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
And I had an opportunity earlier this month to be a panelist in some Supreme Court debates.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
Three of the five positions I was a panelist for, Washington Policy Center and the Ruckelshaus Center, put on those Supreme Court debates.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
And today we're sharing part of the debate between Justice Theo Angelis, who was appointed earlier this year by Governor Bob Ferguson, and his challenger, Judge Dave Larson.
Carleen JohnsonHOST
who's run for the Supreme Court before, came pretty close last time he ran in 2024.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
Um, but what ultimately ended up happening is we ended up, um, having cases in where non-consensual, very tiny biosensors were being implanted in individuals.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
What you're looking at here, this is the Dave Larson case.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
This is actually, um, uh, someone who was, who was in government, uh, down in Southern California who had 10 of these implants removed from his person.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
And if you look very closely, these biosensors are, are down to the size of two letters on a penny.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
The- these are about four or five letters on a penny.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
They come in different shapes and sizes.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
And this is the Larson case, and Dave Larson, and he sued, but he lost.
Jesse BeltranGUEST
The judge threw his lawsuit out because he inadvertently signed up to be in an experiment.
Brandi KruseHOST
The ones who agreed to those interviews, those interviews are in the voter guide.
Brandi KruseHOST
So position number three, Judge David Stevens, Judge Dave Larson giving it another go.
Brandi KruseHOST
He's running for position five.
Brandi KruseHOST
Keep in mind, in 2024, Dave Larson came within 20,000 votes of being a state Supreme Court justice.
Brandi KruseHOST
And one of the only reasons he lost is people filled out the race for president, the race for governor, and then they left the judicial races blank.
Brandi KruseHOST
Please, for the love of all things holy, do not do that.
Brandi KruseHOST
Vote for Dave Larson, position five, state Supreme Court justice.
Brandi KruseHOST
Position seven, Todd Blum.
Doug NadvornickHOST
Theo Angelis is challenged by a former Superior Court judge.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hi, I'm Judge Dave Larson.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm running for position five on the Washington State Supreme Court.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
With 18 years as a highly rated trial judge and 23 years as a top rated trial lawyer, my 41 years of experience make me the best prepared, best qualified, and most experienced candidate for this office.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Second, uphold our state constitution because it is worthy of being upheld as written.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Third, I'll uphold the principles to build trust and confidence in our courts so that our courts can become the politically neutral forum that people can trust to be fair and impartial.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you vote for Judge Dave Larson, you'll get an experienced trial judge with 41 years of legal experience with an approach to justice that improves lives, improves our trial courts and the communities they serve, and defends your rights.
Dave LarsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Judge Dave Larson, and I'd be honored to earn your vote.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
He and Ferguson both previously worked at the Seattle law firm K&L Gates.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
And Angeles's opponent is retired Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Dave Larson.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
Larson has run for state Supreme Court before, and he got very close two years ago.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
He lost to Justice Salmonia, but with less than 1% of a point difference.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
They need to see which candidates fit their priorities.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
And there's historically been a problem with voters ignoring these races, even when they cast their ballot, even the people that take the trouble to vote.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
The candidate, Dave Larson, who I mentioned, uh, said that two years ago, 675,000 people voted in our governor's race and did not vote in the race for state supreme court.
Amy RadelCORRESPONDENT
So these campaigns are working to overcome that tendency of voters to say, "I don't know anything about this race.
Brandi KruseHOST
who voted in the gubernatorial race and the presidential race, et cetera, and then didn't vote in the state Supreme Court race.
Brandi KruseHOST
And Dave Larson lost by, what, 20,000 votes or something like that? So this happens, right? The further down the ballot you go, the more checked out people get.
Brandi KruseHOST
It's like, I'm voting for that stuff at the top, but I don't know.
Brandi KruseHOST
You have to know.
David KromanHOST
And, and what about Position 5? This is another race that includes a governor appointee in Justice Theo Angeles.
David KromanHOST
He's facing off against Dave Larson, a former Federal Way Municipal Court judge.
David KromanHOST
What can you tell us about this race?
Amy RadilGUEST
Yeah, so Theo Angeles was an intellectual property lawyer at the firm K&L Gates, and that is where Bob Ferguson also worked years ago.
Theo AngelesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These standards themselves are not unduly burdensome.
Theo AngelesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The question is, how do we find the resources to implement them? And in many ways, our Constitution is one big unfunded mandate, and as the judicial branch, we have to have courage to be able to say, "This is what due process looks like."
Amy RadilGUEST
So that's Theo Angeles there, and then Dave Larson is his opponent, as you said, a retired municipal court judge.
Amy RadilGUEST
Um, he ran for an open seat on the court two years ago and narrowly lost to Sal Mangia, who's now a justice there.
Nancy ChurchillNARRATOR
Vote yes on all the initiatives.
Nancy ChurchillNARRATOR
Vote for Scott Edwards, David Stevens, Shawn O'Donnell, Dave Larson, and Todd Bloom for State Supreme Court.
Nancy ChurchillNARRATOR
Vote Republican up and down your ballot this fall.
Nancy ChurchillNARRATOR
The forty-nine trillion dollar tab is federal.
Rob AndersonHOST
And, um, then the rest, the sheriff, prosecutor, treasurer, all six district court judges, there's no recommendations there 'cause they have no, no opponents.
Rob AndersonHOST
And then the state Supreme Court, Scott Edwards for Position 1, David Stevens for Position 3, Shawn O'Donnelly for Position 4, Dave Larson for Position 5, and Todd Bloom for, uh, Position 7.
Rob AndersonHOST
Those are really critical.
Rob AndersonHOST
And then the Clark County Republican women, uh, um, support, uh, Jane Van Dyck.
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