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Diane Bratvold
2016 - Present
2031
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Diane Bratvold is a judge for District 12 of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She assumed office in 2016. Her current term ends on January 7, 2031.
Bratvold ran for re-election for the District 12 judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Bratvold received a bachelor's degree from Macalester College and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1987.[1]
Career
Bratvold has worked as an attorney at the following law firms: Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Rider Bennett, L.L.P., and Fetterly & Gordon, P.A. She also served as a volunteer attorney with Advocates for Human Rights and was an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12
Incumbent Diane Bratvold defeated Jonathan Woolsey in the general election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Diane Bratvold (Nonpartisan) | 63.5 | 1,437,341 |
| Jonathan Woolsey (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 816,943 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 8,780 | ||
| Total votes: 2,263,064 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Diane Bratvold and Jonathan Woolsey advanced from the primary for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bratvold in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12
Incumbent Diane Bratvold won election in the general election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Diane Bratvold (Nonpartisan) | 99.2 | 1,551,367 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 11,979 | ||
| Total votes: 1,563,346 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals are all chosen in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. Candidates compete in primaries, from which the top two contestants advance to the general election.[2] 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.[2] Interim vacancies are filled via gubernatorial appointment. Appointed judges serve until the next general election occurring more than one year after their appointment.[2] They may then stand for election to a full term, and other candidates may file to run against them.[3]
Qualifications
Judges 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.[2][4]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals is appointed by the governor to a three-year term.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12 |
Officeholder Minnesota Court of Appeals District 12 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Diane B. Bratvold," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Minnesota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ The Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ 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
