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Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro is a judge for Position 1 of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Castro ran for re-election for the Position 1 judge of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2020)
General election
General election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 1
Incumbent Leonardo Castro won election in the general election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leonardo Castro (Nonpartisan) | 98.8 | 150,476 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 1,890 | ||
| Total votes: 152,366 | |||
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2014
See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2014
Castro ran for re-election to the Second Judicial District.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the primary on August 12, 2014.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Leonardo Castro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Castro received his B.S. in business and management from the University of Maryland, University College, in 1988, and later received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University, College of Law in 1992.[2]
Career
Castro's last job before becoming judge was as the managing attorney for the Second Judicial District Public Defender’s Office. He was responsible for the management of daily operations that consisted of all misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases in St. Paul and the suburban area courts. Castro also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Saint Thomas School of Law.[2]
See also
2020 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
