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Paul Thissen
Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court · Seat 4
Background: His professional experience includes working in private practice with Briggs and Morgan, a lawyer in the Minnesota Public Defender's Office, and as a law clerk to United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge James Loken.
At a glance
- Court
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Seat 4
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton (D) (2018)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Mark Dayton (D)
- Appointment date
- 2018
- Took office
- 2018
- Current term ends
- January 5, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- November 3, 2026 (general election)
- Last election
- August 11, 2026
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Harvard University, 1989
- Law: University of Chicago, 1992
- Prior offices
- Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B (2003 - 2018)
- Profession
- Attorney
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Paul Thissen’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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