Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1998 Election

Primary Nonpartisan

Date: September 15, 1998
Cycle: 1998
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Alan Page Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 396,177 69.86 +61.60
Roger A. Peterson Man Nonpartisan 124,077 21.88 +13.62
Greg Wersal Man Nonpartisan 46,830 8.26

Associate Justice Page was renominated in his campaign for a second term.

Peterson was an attorney from Marine on St. Croix, former member of the Hennepin County Board of Park Commissioners (1958-1962), candidate for HD 32 in 1962, and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1992 and 1996.

Wersal was an attorney from Golden Valley and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2000 and 2010.

Sources

  • Minnesota Election Results 1998, Election Division, Secretary of State (p. 13).