Minnesota Lawyer
Associate Justice Margaret Chutich has won election to a full term on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Chutich won 56 percent of the vote Tuesday to defeat family law attorney Michelle MacDonald, who won 44 percent in the officially nonpartisan race.
Chutich was appointed by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016. She was the first openly gay justice on the state’s highest court and faced voters for the first time this year.
The conservative MacDonald was making a third run for the high court despite a past that included having her law license suspended for professional misconduct allegations. She remains on probation.
Supreme Court justices re-elected unopposed were Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Justice Barry Anderson and Justice Anne McKeig.
Other results:
Appeals Court District 2
4,112 of 4,113 precincts – 99 percent
x-Lucinda Jesson, NP (i) 1,158,144 – 63 percent
Anthony Brown, NP 682,811 – 37 percent
District Court 1, Seat 2
342 of 342 precincts – 100 percent
x-Arlene Perkkio, NP (i) 157,269 – 58 percent
Marty Judge, NP 115,182 – 42 percent
District Court 2, Seat 2
169 of 169 precincts – 100 percent
x-DeAnne Hilgers, NP (i) 112,575 – 71 percent
Thomas Handley, NP 46,103 – 29 percent
District Court 2, Seat 11
169 of 169 precincts – 100 percent
x-Adam Yang, NP 85,396 – 53 percent
Scott Flaherty, NP 75,243 – 47 percent
District Court 2, Seat 14
169 of 169 precincts – 100 percent
x-Robyn Millenacker, NP (i) 108,845 – 70 percent
Marcus Almon, NP 47,620 – 30 percent
District Court 2, Seat 20
169 of 169 precincts – 100 percent
x-Paul Yang, NP 86,879 – 53 percent
- Tony Atwal, NP (i) 77,084 – 47 percent
District Court 2, Seat 28
169 of 169 precincts – 100 percent
x-Elena Ostby, NP (i) 108,338 – 68 percent
Calandra Revering, NP 49,833 – 32 percent
