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Reynaldo Aligada
Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court · Seat 2
Background: Prior to becoming a judge, Aligada served as the first assistant federal defender at the Office of the Federal Defender in Minneapolis. He also worked in civil litigation and as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
At a glance
- Court
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Seat 2
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Tim Walz (D) (May 19, 2026); later won election on November 3, 2020
- Appointed by
- Gov. Tim Walz (D)
- Appointment date
- May 19, 2026
- Took office
- October 1, 2026
- Current term ends
- January 2, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Saint John’s University, Minnesota
- Law: William Mitchell College of Law
- Prior offices
- Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 18 (2019 - 2026)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Reynaldo Aligada’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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