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Bruce A. Peterson
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | 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]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Official biography of Judge Peterson
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State website
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State Election Results
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
