John E. Bridges

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John E. Bridges is a Chelan County Superior Court Judge in Washington state. He presided over the high-profile legal challenge to the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election in which he upheld the election of Christine Gregoire. He grew up in Chelan County, and graduated from Seattle Pacific University and the Gonzaga University School of Law. He was admitted to the Washington State bar association in 1976, and appointed to the bench by Gov. Booth Gardner in 1988.

Ironically, five years prior to the high profile 2004 Washington gubernatorial election case, Judge Bridges presided over another trial in which he voided an election result [1]. On April 20, 2000, Bridges invalidaded the certified results of the November 2, 1999 Wenatchee, WA Mayoral elections, because the certified winner, Gary Schoessler, did not meet the residency requirements for candidacy. [2]

[edit] References

• "Judge in governors' vote trial highly regarded". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 23, 2005. [3]
• "Judge voided earlier vote." Seattle Times. January 20, 2005.[4]