Let's keep Allen on the bench, vote for Judge Blackmon on November 5th!
RETAIN Judge Allen F. Blackmon
Ensuring Justice Prevails!
Help Allen's campaign for continued fairness, justice, and accountability in our local courts!
Why Allen?
He has the experience
Judge Blackmon is the incumbent, and current presiding judge in Chelan County District Court. Allen has been representing us here in Chelan County for 28 combined years as a judge and prosecutor. His unmatched experience and service to our community is invaluable. This deep legal experience allows him to make quick decisions and rulings on legal issues as they arise in court and trial. His experience makes his courtroom efficient, saving time of the litigants, witnesses, and jurors. Judge Blackmon's extensive trial experience (over 100 trials he has presided over or been a prosecutor), give him an extremely broad base of knowledge of evidentiary rules, trial issues, and appellate issues that can only come from experience.
ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH COMPASSION
Chelan County expects our local courts to hold offenders accountable, but with human compassion. Judge Blackmon understands that each person needs to be treated individually. With his experience as a judge and prosecutor here in Chelan County, he has the wisdom and skill to craft a sentence for each person depending on the specific facts and circumstances, mindful of behavioral health issues and the special attention those cases need. He has extensive training in behavioral health and knows those cases need a special consideration.
He serves our local Community
Judge Blackmon has been a part of our community almost his entire life. He was raised here to serve you here. Prior to becoming a judge, Allen served you in Chelan County for 26 years as a deputy prosecutor. He has been involved in many community organizations and committees, including mental health and substance abuse disorder groups.
Victims Matter
In Judge Blackmon's courtroom, he makes sure all rights are protected, and voices heard. Allen feels very strongly about access to justice, and making sure every person that comes into his court has a chance to speak.
People will only have faith in the justice system if they feel it is fair. Part of that is making sure victims of crimes get a chance to address the court. A judge is mandated to uphold a victim’s rights no less vigorously than the protections afforded criminal defendants.
About Allen
Judge Allen Blackmon is the incumbent and current Presiding Judge in Chelan County District Court, and a long-time Wenatchee resident. Allen is broadly and deeply endorsed in the judicial, legal, and civic communities, many other community members, and not from just one group of individuals, but from persons from all sides of the political spectrum.
Early Life
Judge Blackmon was raised right here in Chelan County, attending local schools from kindergarten to high school in Wenatchee. He began his education at Lewis and Clark Elementary for one year, as his main grade school, Whitman, did not have kindergarten. He then went to Whitman Elementary (now Well Fargo Bank) before it closed, and then attended Columbia Elementary, all while living in the same house! Next, he attended Orchard Junior High back when it was painted pink, then off to Wenatchee High School where he graduated in 1983. He was also part of the Tennis team and lettered in that sport. He took a broad range of classes in high school, ranging from college preparatory classes, as well as the trades, include machine shop, auto mechanics, and even home-economics classes (where he began his love for cooking). He felt it was important to have a broad range of classes in order to be well-balanced. That broad range of classes has served him well as he uses those skills and work ethic to this day to work on cars, do home improvement, expand his cooking skills, and more!
Though admitted to the University of Washington upon graduation, he attended Wenatchee Valley College for one year (go Knights!) as he had bought his first car (which he still owns, a 1970 Datsun 2000 Roadster) when he was a senior in high school and needed to have a job while in college to pay it off. After one year and the car paid off, he transferred to the University of Washington, where he graduated in 1988 with a degree from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. During his time at UW, he was part of the rowing team and Varsity Boat Club, and even managed to hold a few jobs in college to help pay for his school. He received his Juris Doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1992.
During his upbringing, he worked many jobs, learning the value of hard work. He started work at an early age picking cherries for a local orchard. He understands this is not an easy job! He has worked in fruit sheds performing almost every job there, washed dishes and cooked at a local Mexican fast food restaurant, clerked at K-Mart, was on a Department of Transportation road crew, worked at a university hospital, for a brokerage firm, a law library, co-owned a small business, worked as a research assistant, at Mission Ridge, for a drive-through espresso shop, and more! Allen is not just a person in a robe, he is all of us.
Professional career
This broad range of jobs gave him the life experience he uses on the bench. Imagine the many different types of people he has worked with, doing the same jobs they are doing. This truly gives him the ability to understand what they are going through, and the impact the court can have on their lives. Allen has lived experience, over many years.
Prior to taking the bench, he served as a Chelan County Deputy Prosecutor. Allen's contributions to our community and greater Chelan County comprise nearly 28 years of combined court experience as a judge or deputy prosecutor.
Allen's knowledge gained on the bench, as well as his experience as a deputy prosecutor, prosecuting well over 10,000 criminal cases, has been crucial and indispensable. This expansive depth of experience, plus knowledge gained on the bench, has proved vitally necessary to preside competently from the bench. That substantial legal and trial experience provides him with a comprehensive knowledge of the law, which empowers him to make learned rulings from the bench in a streamlined manner.
A judge must always be fair and just, making sure to be compassionate, but also hold offenders accountable. As a judge, he ensures everyone is fairly represented.
Additionally, Judge Blackmon deeply believes in accessibility of the courts by all. He readily acknowledges that a courtroom can be intimidating and confusing. “It is my goal that all parties are afforded the ability to have their say and all questions answered. The public can only have confidence in our courts if they believe they are being heard and that different viewpoints are allowed to be expressed”.
Judge Blackmon ensures that every party is afforded a chance to address the court, including defendants and victims. Victims have rights too, and Judge Blackmon makes sure their voices are heard as well.
ENDORSEMENTS
Here are just a few of many who have already endorsed Allen!
Judges and Community Leaders
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge Kristin Ferrera
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge Travis C. Brandt
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge Lesley A. Allan (ret.)
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge John E. Bridges (ret.)
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge T.W. “Chip” Small (ret.)
- Chelan County Superior Court Judge Alicia H. Nakata (ret.)
- Chelan County Superior Court Commissioner Bart Vandegrift (ret.)
- Chelan County District Court Judge Roy S. Fore (ret.)
- Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian C. Huber
- Douglas County District Court Judge Eric C. Biggar
- Douglas County Superior Court Commissioner, and retired Douglas County Prosecutor Steve Clem
- Okanogan County District Court Judge Charles D. Short
- Okanogan County District Court Judge Chancey C. Crowell
- Kittitas County Superior Court Commissioner James Kirkham
- Skagit County Superior Court Judge Laura M. Riquelme
- Snohomish County Superior Court Presiding Judge Paul Thompson
- Thurston County Superior Court Judge John C. Skinder
- Ferry County District Court Judge Nick Force, former Stevens County Prosecutor, former Chelan County defense attorney
- Benton County District Court Judge John Zioboro
- Benton County District Court Judge Jean Azure
- Franklin County District Court Judge Trinity Orozco
- Adams County District Court Judge Carolyn Benzer
- Spokane County District Court Judge Jenny Zapone
- Kitsap County District Court Judge Shane R. Seaman
- Snohomish County District Court Judge Tam T. Bui
- King County District Court Judge Peter Peaquin
- Roy Municipal Court Judge Thomas Ellington
- Mike Poirier, City of Wenatchee Mayor
- Linda Parlette, Former Washington State Senator
- Buell Hawkins, Former Chelan County Commissioner
- Bob Bugert, Former Chelan County Commissioner
- Thomas Green, Former Chelan County Commissioner
- Ron Walter, Former Chelan County Commissioner
- Doug England, Former Chelan County Commissioner
- Deanna Walter, Former Chelan County Assessor and current Director of Chelan County Community Development
- Chelan County Auditor Evelyn Arnold (ret.)
- Wayne Harris, Chelan County Coroner
- Anne Hessburg, Leavenworth City Council member
- Shela Pistoresi, Cashmere City Council member
- Jerrilea Crawford, City of East Wenatchee Mayor
- Bryan Campbell, Former Wenatchee City Council member
- Shiloh Burgess, Former Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
- Gordon Edgar, Douglas County Prosecutor
- Chris Sharp, Director of Chelan County Regional Jail
- Steve Crossland
- David Visser
- Allan Galbraith
- Russ Speidel
- Joseph Brown, J.C. Brown Law Office, Cashmere
- Ruth Esparza, Esparza Law, PPLLC
- Norma Gallegos
- Gustavo Montoya
- Mark Shorb
- Rollie Schmitten
- Barbara Schmitten
- Tracy Kasnic
- Neil Fuller
- Wes Hensley
- Jeff Barker
- Kevin Forrest, Former Chelan County Deputy Prosecutor
- Jim Hershey, Former Chelan County Deputy Prosecutor
- Andrew Vanwinkle, Senior Staff Attorney for the Washington State Court of Appeals
- Tyler Green, Green Dental
- Lee Bridges, Bridges Orchards
- Steve Hightower
- Loretta Stover
- Dr. Nmeeta Singh
- Barb Andre
- Georgia Andrew
- David Flick
- Mike Magnotti
- Jared Reinfeld
- Chris Foreman
- Adam Musgrove
- Bruce Long
- Loren Barger
- Jeff Middleton
- Jeff Dilks
- Douglas Corulli
- Dale England
- Janet Middleton
- Nicole Begin, owner John L. Scott Real Estate Wenatchee and Leavenworth
- Bethany Alhaidari
- Angelica Estrada
- Laura Fulbright
- Brandy Clark
- McKayla Corulli
- Juan Covarrubias
- Jim Harvill
- Tom Ovenell
- Angie Visser
- Amy Ovenell
- Katie Hershey
- Melissa Gibbs
- Brooke Tate
- Malia Brunette
- Maggie Bravo
- Marissa Mason
- Blanca Zendejas
- Adam Guerra
- Jessica Johnson
- Austin Chandler
- Devan Chandler
- Craig Campbell
- Chris Flick
- Sean McKenna
- Aaron Bessonette
- Audrey Bessonette
- Lisa Talley
- Gara Odenrider
- Amy Wall
- Chris Wall
- Christine Potter
- Joni Barker
- Summer Mathena
- Wade Mathena
- Naila Mendenhall
- Susie Norgard
- Arne Norgard
- Angelica Velazquez
- Kurt Watson
- William Cagle
- Candace Manke
- Neddy Leppanen
- Dolly McCellan
- Jackie Endsley
- Brittany Tait
- Mitch Fletcher
- Cheryl Fletcher
- Lee Everhart
- Kevin Wintersteen
- Stephani Smith
- Jeremy Smith
- Jill Stephens
- Sherry Moore
- Dan Erker
- Gary Jefferson
- Danielle Worley
- Bob Bartlett
- Jim Feiten
- Sabrina Brakensiek
- Jolene King
- Jose A. Sanchez
- Josh Lutz
- Krystal Sanchez
- Terrie Schneider
- Anabel Torres
- Dominique Voldberg
- James Farmer III
- Crystal Nason
- Brian Berthiaume
- Wesley Hester
- Mike Kenny
- Kristi Ahrens
- Kevin Blanchard
- Jon Picard
- Belinda Dillard
- Luis Ocampo
- Hector Gutierrez
and many more!
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