Lynne Torgerson
Lynne Torgerson (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Minnesota. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.
Torgerson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Torgerson was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota. Torgerson previously ran for the same seat as an unsuccessful Independent candidate in 2010.
Biography
Lynne Torgerson was born in Minnesota. Her professional experience includes founding her own law practice.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Minnesota Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Minnesota
Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Jim Schultz and Laurice Anderson in the general election for Attorney General of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keith Ellison (D) | 50.4 | 1,254,371 |
 | Jim Schultz (R) | 49.5 | 1,233,556 | |
| Laurice Anderson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,362 | ||
| Total votes: 2,490,301 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota
Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Bill Dahn in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Ellison | 89.3 | 378,367 |
| Bill Dahn | 10.7 | 45,110 | ||
| Total votes: 423,477 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota
Jim Schultz defeated Doug Wardlow and Sharon Anderson in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Schultz | 52.5 | 163,944 |
 | Doug Wardlow | 34.8 | 108,537 | |
 | Sharon Anderson | 12.7 | 39,723 | |
| Total votes: 312,204 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Smith (R)
- Tad Jude (R)
- Lynne Torgerson (R)
2012
Torgerson initially declared an intent to run in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Minnesota's 5th District.[2] She did not appear on the August 14 primary ballot.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lynne Torgerson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Torgerson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After graduating from high school, Lynne Torgerson attended the University of Minnesota. When she began college, she was seeking a career through which she could help people. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a double major in Political Science and Psychology.
Thereafter, Ms. Torgerson attended William Mitchell College of Law. During law school, she found a fire lit within her in relation to cases involving Constitutional rights. Our constituMs. Torgerson has won gun rights cases in 36 different counties of the State of Minnesota, as well as the Minnesota Court of Appeals. In 2009, Ms. Torgerson won a case at the United States Supreme Court, based upon the 6th Amendment Right of Confrontation, via a denial of certiorari, after prevailing at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court, District of Minnesota. The issue primarily involved the 6th Amendment Right of Confrontation. Ms. Torgerson has been told that her case has been used as curriculum in law school(s). In 2010, Ms. Torgerson was awarded an Attorney of Year, by the Minnesota Lawyer Newspaper
- Second Amendment rights, the right to keep and bear arms
- The right to make our own choices about health, masks, vaccines, social distancing, quarantining, contact tracing, and that businesses and employers and government cannot force people to get vaccines, etc.
- Remove Keith Ellison from office
This includes:Stopping the propagation of racial hatred
Second Amendment rights, the right to keep and bear arms
The right to work and make a living (no forced business closures by government and no threats of jail or fines for working)
The right to vote and have votes counted accurately
The right to make our own choices about health, masks, vaccines, social distancing, quarantining, contact tracing, and that businesses and employers and government cannot force people to get vaccines, etc.
The right to a Republican form of government, which shows that Governor Walz’ orders are unconstitutional, unnecessary and destructive
The right to have our government quell riots and prevent the destruction of property
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2021
- ↑ Roll Call, "Ellison Foe Writes That She’s In on Tea Party Blog" accessed February 10, 2012
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