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Reynaldo Aligada
Reynaldo Aligada is a judge for Position 18 of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. Aligada assumed office on September 23, 2019. Aligada's current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Aligada ran for re-election for the Position 18 judge of the Minnesota Second Judicial District. Aligada won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Governor Tim Walz (D) appointed Aligada to the court on August 6, 2019, to replace Judge David C. Higgs.[1] He took office on September 23, 2019.[2]
Biography
Aligada received a B.A. from Saint John’s University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.[1]
Prior to becoming a judge, Aligada served as the first assistant federal defender at the Office of the Federal Defender in Minneapolis. He also worked in civil litigation and as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Minnesota Court of Appeals.[1]
Associations
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2020)
General election
General election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 18
Incumbent Reynaldo Aligada won election in the general election for Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 18 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Reynaldo Aligada (Nonpartisan) | 98.9 | 147,969 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,659 | ||
| Total votes: 149,628 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 [https://mn.gov/governor/news/?id=1055-397353#:
- text=PAUL%2C%20MN%5D%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C,Saint%20Paul%20in%20Ramsey%20County. Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, "Governor Walz Appoints Reynaldo Aligada to Fill Second Judicial District Vacancy," August 6, 2019]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada, Jr.," accessed October 19, 2020
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
