Pooja Vaddadi is seeking reelection as Seattle Municipal Court Judge, Position 3, in the November 3, 2026, general election. King County Elections lists her as the sole candidate in the nonpartisan race.
Seattle Municipal Court’s official biography says Vaddadi was elected in November 2022 for a four-year term beginning in January 2023.
Before joining the bench, Vaddadi worked in public defense with King County’s Northwest Defenders Division, practicing in Seattle Municipal Court and King County Superior Court. The city biography also describes public-defense work in Snohomish County, private criminal-defense practice, a judicial externship with California appellate Justice Alison Tucher and corporate legal work at DocSend.
The court lists Vaddadi as an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law, teaching Legal Writing II.
Vaddadi’s current general-election candidate page contains no submitted statement, occupation or education information. This profile uses the court’s official biography for her professional background.
Sources: King County Elections, 2026 general-election candidate list (https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/candidates.aspx?eid=55) and Vaddadi candidate page (https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/candidates.aspx?candidateid=1652226&cid=186706&lang=en-US&pamphletson=true); Seattle Municipal Court, Honorable Pooja Vaddadi biography (https://www.seattle.gov/courts/about-us/seattle-municipal-court-judges/honorable-pooja-vaddadi).
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