Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1978 Election

General

Date: November 7, 1978
Cycle: 1978
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
C. Donald Peterson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 1,032,543 78.54 +57.09
Jack Baker Man Nonpartisan 282,079 21.46

Associate Justice Peterson was reelected to a third term.

Baker was an attorney from Minneapolis, gay rights activist, nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1980, 1982, and 2002, and nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1984.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1979-1980 (p. 491).