Hennepin County Bar Association's Information on
Fourth District Judicial Elections

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  Fourth District seats - open or challenged in the 2008 election.
With the close of election registration in July, the stage is set for this fall’s judicial elections for Hennepin County District Court. Three seats on the Hennepin County bench are being challenged. One contest will be narrowed during the primary, where six individuals have thrown their hats in the ring seeking to fill the open judicial seat vacated when Judge Wexler retired.

Information about the candidates in each contest is available from the links below.  The primary election will be held Tuesday, September 9 and the general election is Tuesday, November 4. 
District Court Judge Seat 9

Candidate:

   Philip D. Bush - incumbent

Candidate:

   Eugene Link
District Court Judge Seat 53

Candidate:

   Paula Brummel

Candidate:

   Elizabeth (Liz) Cutter

Candidate:

   David L. Piper

Candidate:

   Jane Ranum

Candidate:

   Thomas R. Sheran

Candidate:

   Cheri Sudit
   
District Court Judge Seat 58

Candidate:

   Thomas F. Haeg

Candidate:

   James T. Swenson - incumbent
 
 
The Hennepin County Bar Association adopted the attached resolution and supporting documents on May 9, 2006, creating a Judicial Election Campaign Conduct Committee. All candidates for district court judge, contested and uncontested, have been requested to sign and return the Affirmation to the HCBA.

These documents are available here.
Judges up for election in 2008  
Abrams, Ronald L. McGunnigle, George    
Aldrich, Stephen C. Meyer, Kerry W.
Alton, Ann Leslie Moreno, Daniel C.
Barnette, Toddrick S. Nord, Beryl A.
Bernhardson, Ivy S.   Nordby, Jack    
Blaeser, Robert A. Porter, Charles A.
Brandt, Gina M. Poston, Janet N.
Bransford, Tanya M.   Quaintance, Kathryn    
Bush, Philip D. Quam, Jay M.
Cahill, Peter A. Reding, Jeannice M.
Daly, Margaret A. Robiner, Susan M.      
Dufresne, Mary Steenson Sagstuen, Warren      
Holahan, John L. Scherer, Richard      
Koch, WIlliam Small, Robert M.      
Lefler, Herbert P. Swenson, James T.      
Leung, Tony Zimmerman, Lloyd B.      
           

Judges up for election in 2010
Albrecht, H. Peter   Larson, Gary      
Burke, Kevin S.   McKinsey, E. Anne      
Burke, Susan N.   Pihlaja, Steven A.      
Chu, Regina M.   Sommerville, John J.      
Dickstein, Mel I.   Wernick, Mark S.      
Howard, William R.   Wieland, Lucy A.      
Kaman, Marilyn Justman          

Judges up for election in 2012
Belois, Patricia L.   McShane, John Q.      
Duffy, David M.   Neville, Cara Lee      
Hedlund, Deborah   Peterson, Bruce A.      
Karasov, Patricia Kerr   Reilly, Denise D.      
Mabley, Daniel H.   Rosenbaum, Marilyn B.      
Manrique, Tanja L.          
           
           
 
 

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