Nick Brown
Attorney General of Washington State, in office since January 2025.
On 23 September 2026, Nick Brown said a judge’s dismissal of the Justice Department’s Washington voter-roll suit marked the department’s 25th straight loss in such cases.
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Nick Brown is the Attorney General of Washington State. He has held the office since January 2025, after serving as US Attorney for the Western District of Washington.
The attorney general represents Washington’s legal interests, including when federal action affects state administration. Brown’s role placed him at the centre of Washington’s response to the Justice Department’s voter-roll suit, which a judge dismissed on 23 September 2026.
His office matters because it is a statewide legal authority with responsibility for defending Washington’s public interests in court. The voter-roll ruling on 23 September 2026 showed how that authority can bear on election-related disputes between state and federal government.
Brown challenges federal voter file demands
On 23 September 2026, a judge dismissed the Justice Department’s suit seeking Washington’s full voter rolls. Brown, as Washington’s attorney general, framed the ruling as the department’s 25th consecutive defeat in voter-file litigation.
The case matters to Brown because Washington’s voter records sit within his state’s election administration and legal defence. The dismissal gave his office a current courtroom result against a federal demand for those records on 23 September 2026.
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