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Jeff Anderson (Wisconsin)
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Jeff Anderson is a judge on the Polk County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. He was first elected in 2011. Anderson won re-election without opposition in the general election on April 4, 2017.
Biography
Anderson received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Hamline University and his J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law. He also earned a master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. Anderson was an attorney in private practice before winning election to the court.[1]
Elections
2017
Wisconsin held local judicial elections in 2017. Forty-eight circuit court seats were up for election on April 4, 2017. Three seats required primaries on February 21, 2017, with the top two vote recipients for each seat advancing to the April 4 general election. Thirty-seven seats up for election in 2017 were unopposed.[2] Incumbent Jeff Anderson ran unopposed in the general election for the Branch 2 seat on the Polk County Circuit Court.
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 Jeff Anderson Incumbent | ||
2011
- See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2011
Anderson ran for election to Branch 2 of the Polk County Circuit Court in 2011. He won 41% of the vote in the primary election, advancing him to the general election. He defeated Daniel Patrick Steffen on April 5, winning 51.3% of the vote.[3][4][5]
See also
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Footnotes
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
State courts:
Wisconsin Supreme Court • Wisconsin Court of Appeals • Wisconsin Circuit Courts • Wisconsin Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wisconsin • Wisconsin judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wisconsin
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