Ben Lacy
Nonpartisan
Biography
Ben Lacy is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Judge, Minnesota 10th Judicial District Court, Seat 38, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.
Pine County, Minnesota
Judge, Minnesota 10th Judicial District Court, Seat 38
Pine County, Minnesota
Judge, Minnesota 10th Judicial District Court, Seat 38
2 candidates are tracked for Judge, Minnesota 10th Judicial District Court, Seat 38, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Ben Lacy and Rebecca A. Waxse. Candidate information follows official Pine County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
Ben Lacy and Rebecca A. Waxse are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat. Minnesota's 10th Judicial District covers Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties; judges are elected at large across the whole district, so every voter there, not just voters in one county, votes on this seat. Minnesota judicial elections are nonpartisan and decided by plurality, with no runoff. Listed from the Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.
What this office does
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.