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Keala Ede
2023 - Present
2031
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Keala Ede is a judge for District 8 of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He assumed office on September 11, 2023. His current term ends on January 7, 2031.
Ede ran for re-election for the District 8 judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ede received his bachelor's degree from Occidental College in 2000 and his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he began his legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk to Associate Justice Steven Levinson formerly of the Hawaii Supreme Court. He then worked as an Associate Attorney at Cades Schutte, L.L.P. from 2005 to 2006, then at Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi, L.L.P. from 2007 to 2009.[1]
Ede served as an Assistant Public Defender for the American Samoa Office of the Public Defender from 2009 to 2010. From 2010 to 2015, he served as a Deputy Public Defender for the Orange County Office of the Public Defender. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Directly prior to his appointment, he served from 2016 to 2022 as an Assistant Federal Defender for the Office of the Federal Defender, District of Minnesota.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 8
Incumbent Keala Ede won election in the general election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keala Ede (Nonpartisan) | 98.9 | 1,810,181 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 19,232 | ||
| Total votes: 1,829,413 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Keala Ede advanced from the primary for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 8.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ede in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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
