Mary R. Vasaly

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Mary R. Vasaly
Image of Mary R. Vasaly
Prior offices
Minnesota 4th District Court Position 46

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, 1980

Law

University of Minnesota Law School, 1983

Mary R. Vasaly was a judge for Position 46 of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. She left office on October 30, 2020.

Vasaly ran for re-election for the Position 46 judge of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) appointed Vasaly to the court on December 21, 2010.[1] She retired on October 30, 2020.[2]

Education

Vasaly received a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1983.[1]

Career

  • 2010-2020: Judge, Minnesota Fourth Judicial District
  • 1993-2010: Partner, private practice of law
  • 1984-1993: Attorney, private practice of law
  • 1983-1984: Attorney, Minnesota State Public Defender's Office
  • 1982-1983: Law clerk, Honeywell, Inc. Office of General Counsel
  • 1977-1982: Staff nurse, Hennepin County Medical Center[1]

Awards and associations

  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
  • Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Member, Minnesota Women Lawyers
  • Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Executive Committee[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2018)

General election

General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 46

Incumbent Mary R. Vasaly won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 46 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary R. Vasaly
Mary R. Vasaly (Nonpartisan)
 
98.5
 
301,251
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
4,455

Total votes: 305,706
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2012

See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2012

Vasaly ran unopposed in the general election November 6, 2012.[3] She received 98.70% 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]

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