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2022 Hennepin County Attorney election

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. 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.

Martha Holton Dimick, former Minneapolis deputy city attorney and former judge of Minnesota's 4th judicial district
Mary Moriarty, former chief public defender of Hennepin County
Jarvis Jones, attorney and former president of the Minnesota State Bar Association
Tad Jude, former judge of Minnesota's 10th judicial district
Paul Ostrow, former Minneapolis city council president and candidate for Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2006
Saraswati Singh, assistant Ramsey County prosecutor and former assistant attorney general
Ryan Winkler, majority leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Simon Trautmann, attorney and Richfield city councilman
Cedrick Frazier, state representative (endorsed Moriarty)
Michael O. Freeman, incumbent county attorney (endorsed Dimick)

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	62,336	36.36
	Nonpartisan	30,668	17.89
	Nonpartisan	27,924	16.29
	Nonpartisan	18,142	10.58
	Nonpartisan	14,500	8.46
	Nonpartisan	12,280	7.16
	Nonpartisan	5,586	3.26
171,436	100.00

A candidate forum was held on September 29, 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.

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Nonpartisan
Sep. 29, 2022	League of Women Voters Minneapolis	Linda McLoon	YouTube	P	P
Oct. 14, 2022	Twin Cities Public Television	Eric EskolaCathy Wurzer	PBS	P	P
Oct. 18, 2022	Minnesota Justice Research Center	Andy Martens	YouTube	P	P

Endorsements in bold were made after the primary.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	254,418	57.59
	Nonpartisan	184,739	41.82
	Write-in	2,589	0.59
441,746	100.00

Official campaign websites

Martha Holton Dimick for County Attorney
Jarvis Jones for County Attorney
Mary Moriarty for County Attorney
Paul Ostro for County Attorney
Saraswati Singh for County Attorney
Simon Trautmann for County Attorney
Ryan Winkler for County Attorney

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