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Jon Jay Jensen
Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
Background: He was an attorney in private practice from 1991 to 2013, and a judge in the North Dakota Northeast Central Judicial District from 2013 to 2017.
At a glance
- Court
- North Dakota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum (R) (2017); later won election on November 3, 2020
- Appointed by
- Gov. Doug Burgum (R)
- Appointment date
- 2017
- Took office
- 2017
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2030
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Law: University of North Dakota School of Law
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- 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 Jon Jay Jensen’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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