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Theodora Gaïtas Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
Background: Gaïtas received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1991 and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1994.
At a glance
- Court
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Chief Justice
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Tim Walz (D) (May 19, 2026); later won election on November 8, 2022
- 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 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Minnesota
- Law: University of Minnesota Law School
- Prior offices
- Minnesota Supreme Court Seat 2 (2024 - 2026)
- Minnesota Court of Appeals District 1 (2020 - 2024)
- 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 Theodora Gaïtas’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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