Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Former public defender
Both a former prosecutor & civil rights lawyer
- 7 total seats
- 0 current vacancies
- 5 prosecutors
- 1 public defender
- 1 Justice is both a former prosecutor & civil rights lawyer
- 0 Justices have other indigent defense experience
- 1 civil rights lawyer
How Members of the Minnesota Supreme Court are Selected:
Nonpartisan Election
Judges are selected in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. The top two contestants from primaries advance to a general election. In all elections, ballots indicate incumbency but not party affiliation. Interim selections to fill vacancies that occur between elections are made by governor appointment.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map