Election 2012

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11. Fundraising tapas party for Supreme Court Judge Gonzales in Seattle 7/17

A Taste of Tapas
Join us for a party to retain Justice Steve Gonzalez

MDC Members and Friends,

Join us this coming Tuesday, July 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. as we come together to help return Justice Steven C. Gonzalez to the WA Supreme Court. This is a critical race that will be decided in the primary on August 7.

Here is a link to the recent article in the Stranger explaining why this race is so important.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/does-his-name-sound-too-mexican/Content?oid=14030223&utm_source=You%27re+Invited%3A+A+Party+for+Justice+Steve+Gonzalez+this+Tuesday%2C+5-7+PM&utm_campaign=1&utm_medium=email

Last November, when Steven Gonzalez was appointed as the first Mexican-American supreme court justice in Washington State history, Governor Chris Gregoire hailed him as an "exceptionally qualified" pick to replace retiring justice Gerry Alexander. The legal community largely agreed, seeing Gonzalez's experience as a King County Superior Court judge, a terrorism prosecutor, and a private attorney as setting him up to be a strong addition to the high court.

Which is why so many lawyers and supreme court watchers are now so concerned by the possibility that Gonzalez could lose the August 7 primary—which, because of the unique rules of judicial races, will determine the outcome of this race—over something as inconsequential as his last name.

At the home of Jean and Roger Leed, 1826 E Hamlin St, near the Seattle Yacht Club just south of the Montlake Cut.