Bruce A. Peterson

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Bruce A. Peterson
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Prior offices
Minnesota 4th District Court Position 50

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 1972

Law

Yale Law School, 1978


Bruce A. Peterson was a judge for Position 50 of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. He left office on May 31, 2019.

Peterson ran for re-election for the Position 50 judge of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

He was appointed to this position in 1999.

Biography

Peterson received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1972 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1978. Peterson began his legal career in 1978 as a law clerk for the Minnesota Supreme Court. The following year, he was a special assistant to the deputy assistant attorney general. In 1980, he became an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. He then joined the law firm of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman in 1987. Ten years later (1997), he moved to the firm of Hinshaw & Culberston, where he practiced until his judicial appointment in 1999.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2018)

General election

General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 50

Incumbent Bruce A. Peterson won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 50 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce A. Peterson
Bruce A. Peterson (Nonpartisan)
 
98.4
 
297,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
4,741

Total votes: 301,973
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2012

See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2012

Peterson ran unopposed in the general election November 6, 2012.[2] He received 98.63 percent of the vote.[3]

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.[4]

The chief judge of each district court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[4]

Judges of all courts are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old.[4][5]

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