Supreme Court Associate Justice, 2008 Election

Primary Nonpartisan

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Date: September 9, 2008
Cycle: 2008
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Lorie Skjerven Gildea Incumbent Woman Nonpartisan 169,017 53.45 +36.02
Deborah Hedlund Woman Nonpartisan 56,477 17.86 +0.43
Jill Clark Woman Nonpartisan 55,129 17.43
F. Richard Gallo Man Nonpartisan 35,576 11.25

Associate Justice Gildea was appointed to the Court by Governor Tim Pawlenty on January 11, 2006 to fill the vacancy caused by appointedment of Associate Justice Russell Anderson to Chief Justice on January 10, 2006. Gildea was a resident of Minneapolis, former Fourth Judicial District Judge, and former prosecutor in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

Hedlund was an attorney from Minnetonka and Fourth Judicial District Judge.

Clark was an attorney from Golden Valley and candidate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 2012.

Gallo was an attorney from St. Paul.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2009-2010 (p. 490).