Minnesota Supreme Court elections
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The Minnesota Supreme Court elections in 2008 featured two non-partisan electoral contests for six-year terms on the Minnesota Supreme Court. The primary was September 9, 2008.
2008 general election results
- In the November 4, 2008 general election Paul Anderson garnered 1,260,705 votes (61%), defeating Tim Tingelstad, who had 818,812 (39%).[1]
- In the contest for seat 4, incumbent Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea garnered 1,103,429 votes (55%) and defeated Deborah Hedlund, who received 894,206 votes (45%).[2]
Results of 2008 Primary
Seat Three
Incumbent Justice Paul Anderson and challenger Tim Tingelstad survived the primary election. With 99% of precincts reporting the morning after the election, Anderson had 205,037 votes (64%) and Tingelstad had 69,385 votes (22%). A third challenger Alan Nelson came in third with 46,619 votes (15%) and was eliminated from the race.[3][4]
Seat Four
For Seat #4, incumbent Justice Lorie Gildea will face Deborah Hedlund in the general election on Nov. 4th. Hedlund and fellow challenger Jill Clark were within a percentage point of each other with 99% of precincts reporting the morning after the election; Richard Gallo came in fourth. Gildea garnered 168,892 votes (53%), Hedlund had 56,450 votes (18%), Clark had 55,086 votes (17%) and Gallo had 35,587 votes (11%).[5][6]
(For more information, see the County Recount Proofing Report here.)
The District 4 race
Minnesota's method of choosing judges has become a leading part of the campaign for the District 4 contest. In early August, candidate Jill Clark filed a 41-page petition seeking to remove Justice Lorie Gildea's name from the Sept. 9 primary ballot.
Clark's position was that the judicial appointment process currently operative in Minnesota is unconstitutional because it undermines the election process. She is trying to prevent the word "incumbent" from appearing next to Gildea's name.
Gildea was appointed to her current seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2006 by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, which is why she is an incumbent--she has not previously won election to the seat she holds.[7]
External links
- Jill Clark for Justice, campaign website.
- Richard Gallo for Justice, campaign website.
- Lorie Gildea for Justice, campaign website.
- Alan Nelson for Supreme Court justice, campaign website.
- Tim Tingelstad for Supreme Court justice website, campaign website.
