Sal Mungia

Salvador Alejo Mungia II (born February 19, 1959) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 2025.

Early life and education

Mungia was born in Lakewood, Washington. He graduated from Clover Park High School in 1977 he attended Pacific Lutheran University, graduating in 1981. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. He has argued appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mungia worked with a group of lawyers who proposed a judicial rule to help stop racial discrimination in jury selection, which the Washington Supreme Court adopted in 2018.

Although a nonpartisan election, Mungia was endorsed by Democrats, while Larson was endorsed by the State Republican party. Mungia won the general election, winning by a close margin, 50.05% to 49.44%.