Thomas Evenstad
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN
Thomas Evenstad is a St. Paul criminal-justice advocate whose public activity focuses on wrongful-conviction claims and government accountability.
Track record
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Submitted Minnesota House testimony supporting adult-use cannabis legalization and opposing cannabis packaging designed to appeal to children.
February 16, 2022Against
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
Submitted Minnesota House testimony opposing HF 15, a proposed red-flag gun law.
February 3, 2023Against
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 6 records
A Minnesota district court found him incompetent to proceed in a pending criminal matter based on a court-appointed examiner's opinion.
December 23, 2025
Source: s3.documentcloud.org · researched July 12, 2026
Filed a federal civil-rights complaint against state officials, political figures, courts, law-enforcement personnel, and media organizations; the court dismissed the case fourteen days later.
October 15, 2025
Source: dockets.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026
A federal magistrate judge recommended summary judgment for county deputies and dismissal of his remaining civil-rights claims arising from a 2014 arrest.
December 27, 2022
Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 12, 2026
A federal district court dismissed without prejudice a civil-rights complaint after he did not submit financial information required for his in-forma-pauperis application.
November 6, 2019
Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 12, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed denial of his federal habeas-corpus petition challenging his Minnesota criminal conviction.
November 30, 2006
Source: cases.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026
The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed denial of his second postconviction petition challenging the sentence for his 1999 first-degree criminal-sexual-conduct conviction; the opinion also noted that an earlier appeal vacated a third-degree conviction.
February 7, 2006
Source: law.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026
Elections
- Governor & Lt Governor · August 11, 2026 · Minnesota
Profile last researched July 12, 2026.