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Anne K. McKeig
2016 - Present
2031
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Anne K. McKeig is a judge for Seat 5 of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She assumed office on September 15, 2016. Her current term ends on January 7, 2031.
McKeig ran for re-election for the Seat 5 judge of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
McKeig was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Mark Dayton (D) in June 2016 to fill a vacancy left after Justice Christopher Dietzen's retirement.[1][2] She was subsequently elected in a nonpartisan election in 2018. To read more about judicial selection in Minnesota, click here.
McKeig was previously a Fourth Judicial District judge for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She was appointed to this position by Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) on February 6, 2008.[1]
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country. As part of this study, we assigned each justice a Confidence Score describing our confidence in the degree of partisanship exhibited by the justices' past partisan behavior, before they joined the court.[3] McKeig received a confidence score of Indeterminate.[4] Click here to read more about this study.
Biography
McKeig received a B.A. from the College of St. Catherine in 1989 and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law in 1992.[1] McKeig began her legal career in 1992 as an assistant Hennepin County attorney. She worked in the Child Protection Division of that office until March 7, 2008. In 2007, she also worked as a staff attorney for the American Prosecutors Research Institute. In addition, she teaches as an adjunct professor at the Hamline University School of Law, is a trainer for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and is a specialist on the Indian Child Welfare Act.[1]
McKeig is descended from the White Earth Nations. Upon her appointment, she became the first Native American justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Her appointment also gave the court its first female majority since 1991.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota Supreme Court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5
Incumbent Anne K. McKeig won election in the general election for Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anne K. McKeig (Nonpartisan) | 98.7 | 1,888,791 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 24,247 | ||
| Total votes: 1,913,038 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anne K. McKeig advanced from the primary for Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McKeig in this election.
2018
- See also: Minnesota Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5
Incumbent Anne K. McKeig won election in the general election for Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anne K. McKeig (Nonpartisan) | 99.2 | 1,571,384 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 12,615 | ||
| Total votes: 1,583,999 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2010
- See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2010
McKeig was re-elected to Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District after running unopposed.[5]
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the Minnesota District Courts are all chosen in nonpartisan elections to serve six-year terms. Candidates compete in primaries, from which the top two contestants advance to the general election. Sitting judges must run for re-election if they wish to serve additional terms. While party affiliation is not designated on the ballot, incumbency is. Sitting judges who reach the age of 70 while in office are allowed to serve until the last day of their birthday month.[6]
The chief judge of each district court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[6]
Judges of all courts are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old.[6][7]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anne K. McKeig did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship (2020)
Last updated: June 15, 2020
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020.
The study presented Confidence Scores that represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on an ideological spectrum, but rather a measure of how much confidence we had that a justice was or had been affiliated with a political party. The scores were based on seven factors, including but not limited to party registration.[8]
The five resulting categories of Confidence Scores were:
- Strong Democrat
- Mild Democrat
- Indeterminate[9]
- Mild Republican
- Strong Republican
This justice's Confidence Score, as well as the factors contributing to that score, is presented below. The information below was current as of June 2020.
Anne
McKeig
Minnesota
- Partisan Confidence Score:
Indeterminate - Judicial Selection Method:
Elected - Key Factors:
- Appointed by a Democratic governor
Partisan Profile
Details:
McKeig was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton (D).
State supreme court judicial selection in Minnesota
- See also: Judicial selection in Minnesota
The seven judges of the Minnesota Supreme Court are chosen in nonpartisan general elections to six-year terms. Sitting judges must run for re-election if they wish to serve additional terms. While party affiliation is not designated on the ballot, incumbency is.[10]
Qualifications
Judges of the supreme court are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old. Sitting judges who reach the age of 70 while in office are allowed to serve until the last day of that month.[10]
Chief justice
The chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court is directly chosen by voters in a nonpartisan election. He or she serves in that capacity for a full six-year term.[10]
Vacancies
Interim vacancies on the supreme court are filled via gubernatorial appointment. After serving for at least one year, the appointed judge can run for a full term in the next general election.[10] Other candidates may file to run against them in the election.[11]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
External links
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Candidate Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5 |
Officeholder Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Anne K. McKeig," accessed June 24, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star Tribune, "Dayton selects McKeig as next Supreme Court justice," June 28, 2016
- ↑ We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.
- ↑ The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed June 24, 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Minnesota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "2006 Minnesota Statutes," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ The seven factors were party registration, donations made to partisan candidates, donations made to political parties, donations received from political parties or bodies with clear political affiliation, participation in political campaigns, the partisanship of the body responsible for appointing the justice, and state trifecta status when the justice joined the court.
- ↑ An Indeterminate score indicates that there is either not enough information about the justice’s partisan affiliations or that our research found conflicting partisan affiliations.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection," accessed September 4, 2021
- ↑ The Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota," accessed August 8, 2016
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