2022 Hennepin County Attorney election

2022 Hennepin County County Attorney election

November 8, 2022
 
Candidate Mary Moriarty Martha Holton Dimick
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 254,418 184,739
Percentage 57.59% 41.82%

Results by precinct
Moriarty:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Dimick:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
     No data

County Attorney before election

Michael O. Freeman
Nonpartisan

Elected County Attorney

Mary Moriarty
Nonpartisan

The 2022 Hennepin County Attorney election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota. On September 1, 2021, incumbent county attorney Michael O. Freeman announced that he would retire at the end of his term after 24 years in the role. Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty defeated former Hennepin County judge Martha Holton Dimick and became the first openly LGBTQ woman elected as Hennepin County Attorney.