Nicole Starr
Nicole Starr is a judge for Position 12 of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Starr ran for re-election for the Position 12 judge of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Starr was appointed to the bench on December 23, 2014, by Governor Mark Dayton. Starr fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Gregg E. Johnson.[1][2] She ran unopposed for re-election in 2016.[3]
Education
Starr earned her B.A. from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.[1]
Career
Prior to her 2014 appointment to the Second Judicial District, Starr was an assistant public defender in the Second Judicial District Public Defender’s Office. She also was of counsel at the firm, Hellmuth and Johnson, PLLC. Previously she worked as a judicial law clerk to Judge Katherine D. Roe in the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District and Justice Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob in the Constitutional Court of South Africa.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2022)
General election
General election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 12
Incumbent Nicole Starr won election in the general election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nicole Starr (Nonpartisan) | 98.7 | 87,233 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 1,124 | ||
| Total votes: 88,357 | |||
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2016
Minnesota held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election occurred on August 9, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 31, 2016.[4] Incumbent Nicole Starr ran unopposed in the Minnesota 2nd District, Position 12 general election.[3]
| Minnesota 2nd District, Position 12, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nicole Starr Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 132,438 |
| Total Votes | 132,438 | |
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 8, 2016: Results for All Judicial Races," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
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
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nicole Starr did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Minnesota Post, "Dayton appoints St. Paul City Attorney Grewing to be Ramsey County judge," December 23, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Minnesota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "2016 State General Election Candidate Filings: Judicial Offices," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2016 Election Dates," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ 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
