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2006 judicial elections!

2006 ELECTION INFORMATION

Secretary Of State's Office - Listing of All Judicial Candidates ELECTION RESULTS - 2006

Minnesota Lawyer's 2006 online judicial election guide

2006 Hennepin County Judicial Candidate Info from The Hennepin Lawyer website

Republican Party of Minnesota - 2006 Statewide Judicial Elections Voter Guide

I am personally against political party involvement in judicial elections, however, in the interest of giving as much judicial information as possible, I have included this link.

Below is a listing of the winners in the 2006 Judicial elections:

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• ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 1

BARRY ANDERSON

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• JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 6

RENEE L. WORKE

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• JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 7

JILL FLASKAMP HALBROOKS

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• JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 11

CHRISTOPHER J. DIETZEN

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• JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 12

GORDON W. SHUMAKER

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 2

ROBERT F. CAROLAN

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 4

EAN ANN DAVIES

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 6

DAVID L. KNUTSON 

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 10

DIANE M. HANSON

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 14

MICHAEL J. MAYER

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 18

WILLIAM E. MACKLIN

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 19

LESLIE M. METZEN

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 20

KATHRYN D. MESSERICH

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 26

MICHAEL R. SAVRE

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• JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 29

TERRY E. CONKEL

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 2

JAMES H. CLARK, JR. 

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 6

JOHN B. VANDENORTH, JR.

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 7

DALE B. LINDMAN

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 11

GARY W. BASTIAN

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 12

GREGG E. JOHNSON

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 19

ROBERT A. AWSUMB

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 22

TERESA (TRACY) WARNER

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 24

EDWARD S. WILSON

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 28

ELENA L. OSTBY

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• JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 29

DIANE RUTH ALSHOUSE

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 3

JAMES E. BROBERG

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 4

JEFFREY D. THOMPSON

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 9

ROBERT BIRNBAUM

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 10

DEBRA ANN JACOBSON

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 11

MARGARET SHAW JOHNSON

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• JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 15

JOSEPH F. CHASE

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 6

PATRICIA L. BELOIS

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 16

DAVID M. DUFFY

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 17

DENISE D. REILLY

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 22

DEBORAH HEDLUND

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 35

DANIEL H. MABLEY

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 39

ALLEN OLEISKY

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 40

TANJA KOZICKY MANRIQUE

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 44

PATRICIA KERR KARASOV

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 45

MARILYN B. ROSENBAUM

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 48

JOHN Q. MCSHANE

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 50

BRUCE A PETERSON

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 52

FRANCIS CONNOLLY

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• JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 55

CARA LEE NEVILLE

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• JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 2

TIMOTHY K. CONNELL

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• JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 14

NORBERT P. SMITH

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• JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 17

BRADLEY C. WALKER

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• JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 5

JAMES B. FLOREY

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• JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 8

SHAUN R. FLOERKE

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• JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 10

MARK M. STARR

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 1

KRIS H. DAVICK-HALFEN

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 7

ELIZABETH A. HAYDEN

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 10

VICKI E. LANDWEHR

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 12

WALLY B. SENYK

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 15

STEVEN RUBLE

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• JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 19

BARBARA R. HANSON

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• JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 3

BRUCE W. CHRISTOPHERSON

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• JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 6

GERALD J. SEIBEL

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• JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 8

DONALD M. SPILSETH

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• JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 1

HARI R. SCHLUCHTER

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• JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 7

JOHN G. MELBYE

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• JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 10

RICHARD A. ZIMMERMAN

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• JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 13

JOHN R. LEITNER

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 2

P. HUNTER ANDERSON

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 6

TIMOTHY BLOOMQUIST

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 10

JAMES E. DEHN

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 11

KATHLEEN A. MOTTL

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 12

DAVID E. DOYSCHER

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 13

ELIZABETH (BETSY) H. MARTIN

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 16

DOUGLAS G. SWENSON

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 17

SHARON L. HALL

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 25

SEAN C. GIBBS

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 32

DONALD J. VENNE

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• JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 33

MARY YUNKER

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