2022 Hennepin County County Attorney election
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Candidate Mary Moriarty Martha Holton Dimick
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 254,418 184,739
Percentage 57.59 41.82
County Attorney before election

Michael O. Freeman
Nonpartisan

Elected County Attorney

Mary Moriarty
Nonpartisan

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The 2022 Hennepin County Attorney election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the County attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota. On September 1, 2021, incumbent county attorney Michael O. Freeman announced that he would retire at the end of his term after 24 years in the role.[1] Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty defeated former Hennepin County judge Martha Holton Dimick and became the first openly LGBTQ woman elected as Hennepin County Attorney.[2]

Primary election

Candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Martha Holton Dimick
Local officials
Newspapers
Tad Jude
Local officials
Mary Moriarty
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
Organizations
Labor unions
Paul Ostrow
U.S. senators
State officials
Saraswati Singh
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Ryan Winkler
State legislators
Labor unions
Newspapers

Forums

2022 Hennepin County Attorney candidate forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Martha Holton Dimick Jarvis Jones Tad Jude Mary Moriarty Paul Ostrow Saraswati Singh Simon Trautmann Ryan Winkler
1[47] Mar. 29, 2022 Minneapolis–St. Paul
American Constitution Society 		Tane Danger YouTube P N[c] N[c] P P P P P
2[48][49] May 5, 2022 Minneapolis Foundation
Minnesota Justice Research Center 		Nadine Graves
Mark Haase 		YouTube P N N[c] P P P P P
3 May 11, 2022 Minneapolis Justice Coalition Toussaint Morrison YouTube A P N P N P N A
4[50][51] Jun. 28, 2022 League of Women Voters Laura Helmer YouTube P P P P P P W P
5[52] Jul. 27, 2022 Building Owners & Managers
Association of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Downtown Council
Minneapolis Regional Chamber 		DeWayne Davis YouTube P P P P P P W P

Results

Nonpartisan primary results[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mary Moriarty 62,336 36.36
Nonpartisan Martha Holton Dimick 30,668 17.89
Nonpartisan Ryan Winkler 27,924 16.29
Nonpartisan Tad Jude 18,124 10.58
Nonpartisan Paul Ostrow 14,500 8.46
Nonpartisan Saraswati Singh 12,280 7.16
Nonpartisan Jarvis Jones 5,586 3.26
Total votes 171,418 100.00

General election

Forums and debate

A candidate forum was held on September 29,[54] and a second forum was held via Zoom on October 18. A debate was held on October 14 on Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac program.[55]

2022 Hennepin County Attorney forums and debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Martha Holton Dimick Mary Moriarty
1 Sep. 29, 2022 League of Women Voters Minneapolis Linda McLoon YouTube P P
2 Oct. 14, 2022 Twin Cities Public Television Eric Eskola
Cathy Wurzer 		PBS P P
3 Oct. 18, 2022 Minnesota Justice Research Center Andy Martens YouTube P P

Endorsements

Endorsements in bold were made after the primary.

Martha Holton Dimick
U.S. representatives
Mayors
Local officials
Newspapers
Mary Moriarty
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions

Results

2022 Hennepin County Attorney election[60]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mary Moriarty 254,418 57.59
Nonpartisan Martha Holton Dimick 184,739 41.82
Write-in 2,589 0.59
Total votes 441,746 100.00

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Ilhan Omar Retweeted" is shown above the tweet
  2. ^ "Hodan Hassan Retweeted" is shown above the tweet
  3. ^ a b c Was not yet a candidate

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