Susan Burke

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Susan Burke
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Minnesota 4th District Court Position 18
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2029

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Hanover College, 1987

Law

University of Virginia School of Law, 1990

Contact

Susan Burke is a judge for Position 18 of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Burke ran for re-election for the Position 18 judge of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Burke was elected to the court in 2004.[1] She was re-elected in 2010 and 2016.[2]

Education

Burke received a B.A. from Hanover College in 1987 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.[1]

Career

Burke began her legal career in 1990 as a judicial law clerk to Judge Magnuson of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. In 1992, she became a trial attorney for an Honors Program of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division in Washington, D.C. She then joined the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota in 1994. Ten years later, she was elected to the district court.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2022)

General election

General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 18

Incumbent Susan Burke won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 18 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Burke
Susan Burke (Nonpartisan)
 
99.0
 
226,962
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
2,303

Total votes: 229,265
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2016

See also: Minnesota local trial court judicial elections, 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.[3] Incumbent Susan Burke ran unopposed in the Minnesota 4th District, Position 18 general election.[2]

Minnesota 4th District, Position 18, General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Susan Burke Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 321,891
Total Votes 321,891
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 8, 2016: Results for All Judicial Races," accessed November 9, 2016

2010

See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2010

Burke was re-elected after running unopposed.

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.[4]

The chief judge of each district court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[4]

Judges of all courts are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old.[4][5]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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