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Craig D. Monnier

Minnesota Third District Court Judge Candidate

The Third Judicial District consists of the eleven counties of Southeast Minnesota including Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona. Twenty-three judges and one referee serve the District.

Monnier will be on the ballot in all eleven counties of the Third Judicial District.

Biography

Monnier was born in 1968 and grew up on his family's farm in Dexter, Minnesota. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1990, a master's degree in business administration from The University of Iowa in 1991, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996. Monnier became the owner of Monnier Law Offices, LLC in 1997 and has been a corn and soybean farmer since 2001. He was a lecturer in the Department of Accountancy at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1998 to 2001 and was a line officer in the United States Air Force active duty and reserve from 1992 to 2006.

Monnier is associated with the following organizations: Minnesota State Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, Minnesota Corn and Soybean Grower's Association, and the Minnesota Farm Bureau.

Campaign Themes

What non-judicial legal experience qualifies Craig Monnier to be a judge?

“ I have represented people from all walks of life, in good times and bad, and understand intimately the pressures and difficulties these people experience as they move through the judicial system. ”

Why is Craig Monnier runnning for this particular court seat?

“ I believe it is of utmost importance the people who find themselves interacting with the judicial system have confidence the judge and judicial system are treating them fairly, regardless of their station in life or political affiliation. ”

Craig Monnier's primary concern regarding today's judicial system in Minnesota.

The "Old Boy Establishment".

"I pledge to the voters of the Third Judicial District, that if elected, I will call balls and strikes right down the middle, regardless of who they are or who they are associated with.”

"And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it"

Craig D. Monnier