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Sheryl Gordon McCloud
Justice, Washington Supreme Court · Washington State Supreme Court Position 9
Background: Before she was elected to the state supreme court, McCloud worked as a public defender and as an appellate lawyer. She also taught as an adjunct professor at Seattle University Law School.
At a glance
- Court
- Washington Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Washington State Supreme Court Position 9
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Election; later won election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Election
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- January 1, 2013
- Current term ends
- January 13, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: State University of New York, Buffalo, 1976
- Law: University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 1984
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan election of judgesVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Sheryl Gordon McCloud’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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