← Washington Supreme Court · Washington overview
Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Justice, Washington Supreme Court · Washington State Supreme Court Position 3
Background: Before her appointment to the court, Montoya-Lewis served as the chief judge for the Nooksack and Upper Skagit Indian Tribes in Washington and worked as an associate professor for Western Washington University.
At a glance
- Court
- Washington Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Washington State Supreme Court Position 3
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee (D); later won election on November 3, 2020
- Appointed by
- Gov. Jay Inslee (D)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- January 6, 2020
- Current term ends
- January 10, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of New Mexico
- Law: University of Washington
- Graduate: University of Washington
- Prior offices
- Whatcom County Superior Court (Year left office: 2020)
- 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 Raquel Montoya-Lewis’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.
No public decision data available for this court.