Supreme Court Associate Justice, 2002 Election

General

Date: November 5, 2002
Cycle: 2002
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Paul Holden Anderson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 1,130,361 68.96 +38.19
Jack Baker Man Nonpartisan 504,350 30.77

Associate Justice Anderson was reelected to a third term.

Baker was an attorney from Minneapolis, gay rights activist, nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1978, 1980, and 1982, and nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1984.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2003-2004 (p. 331).