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Le Sueur County District Court Judge - 1st District, Seat 15

Le Sueur County, Minnesota

My vote power

Below average

Election date

November 3, 2026 · General election

How do we calculate my vote power?

What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.

Representation: High · 74 out of 100

This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 29,113 people live here.

Show the representation math

score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,739,445 ÷ 29,113) ÷ ln(50,000) = 74.42, measured against a statewide vote in MN (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)

Decisiveness: None · only 1 candidate

One candidate is running unopposed, so votes can't change the outcome.

High representation + an uncontested race → My vote power: Below average.

About this office

  • Deciding trials in the county
  • Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
  • Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes

Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,

Candidates

Nonpartisan · declared

Lauren M. Johnson is a judge in Minnesota's First Judicial District, chambered in Scott County. Before her 2023 appointment, she practiced as an associate attorney and served as an assistant county attorney in McLeod County.

Source: lesueurcounty.gov