Supreme Court Associate Justice, 2002 Election

Primary Nonpartisan

Date: September 10, 2002
Cycle: 2002
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Paul Holden Anderson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 269,484 67.73 +54.09
Jack Baker Man Nonpartisan 74,132 18.63 +5.00
Allan W. Lamkin Man Nonpartisan 54,257 13.64

Associate Justice Anderson was renominated in his bid for a third term.

Baker was an attorney from Minneapolis, gay rights activist, nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1978, 1980, and 1982, and nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1984.

Lamkin was an attorney from Waconia.

Sources

  • Report of the State Canvassing Board, Office of Secretary of State, State of Minnesota, September 17, 2002 (p. 132).