Lois Conroy
Lois Conroy is a judge for Position 44 of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. Her current term ends on January 3, 2033.
Conroy ran for re-election for the Position 44 judge of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Conroy graduated with honors and distinction from the University of Minnesota, Morris with a bachelor's degree in 1994. She spent 1993 as an Engelcliff Scholar at Georgetown University. She graduated cum laude with a J.D. from University of Minnesota Law School in 1997. While there, she externed for U.S. District Court Judge James Rosenbaum.[1][2]
Career
Before being elected to the Fourth Judicial District in 2012, Conroy was a prosecutor with the Minneapolis city attorney's office. She began as an assistant city attorney in 1998 and was promoted to senior status in 2005. While there, she was twice cross-deputized as an assistant prosecutor at the Hennepin County attorney's office. From 1997 to 1998, while the Minneapolis government was undergoing a hiring freeze, Conroy worked as a private practice attorney in corporate and employment law. In 2000, she was an adjunct professor at University of Minnesota Law School.[1][2]
Awards and associations
- 2013-Present: Criminal Court Team, Division 1
- Minneapolis Police Chief's Award of Merit
- Award from International Chiefs of Police
- Award from the Association of Prosecution Attorneys
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Downtown Improvement District SafeZone Advisory Committee[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2024)
General election
General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 44
Incumbent Lois Conroy won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lois Conroy (Nonpartisan) | 98.8 | 336,780 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 4,253 | ||
| Total votes: 341,033 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lois Conroy advanced from the primary for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 44.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Conroy in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 44
Incumbent Lois Conroy won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 44 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lois Conroy (Nonpartisan) | 98.5 | 301,305 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 4,632 | ||
| Total votes: 305,937 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2012
- See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2012
Conroy ran for election to the Fourth Judicial District against Marc S. Berris.[3] She won with 58.36% of the vote.[4]
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.[5]
The chief judge of each district court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[5]
Judges of all courts are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old.[5][6]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lois Conroy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 University of Minnesota Law, "Lois Conroy (’97) joins Hennepin County district court bench," March 21, 2013
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidates Search Results: Judicial Offices," accessed November 1, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State Election Results
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
