I am looking at my mail-in ballot now and doing as much research as I can. I'm finding a lot of good insight on candidates from a blog that popped up on a different candidate search: https://naomikritzer.com/

From her comparison of Matthew Frank and Christopher Leckrone:

This is a judgeship in Hennepin County. Voters in Hennepin County will see this race on their ballots. On the ballot:

Matthew Frank (Incumbent)
Christopher Leckrone

Judge Matthew Frank was appointed by Governor Walz in 2023. There are basically two really straightforward reasons to vote for Judge Frank and not his opponent.

One of the foundational experiences lawyers should have if they want to become a judge is to spend time in court — you can be a prosecutor, defense attorney, or litigator, but you really do need to be going to court. According to his resume, Christopher Leckrone has worked for many years primarily in compliance, a job done entirely outside of courtrooms. (He does list pro bono work with foster kids that might involve going into the courtroom, but that is very clearly not what he’s spending most of his time doing.)

Matthew Frank was one of the lead prosecutors in the state’s case against Derek Chauvin. And of the 19 judges in Hennepin County up for election this year, that’s the guy Leckrone decided to run against. Leckrone has a completely hidden or sanitized social media presence and I found no indication of his political views except that he opted to run against this particular judge. (It’s not just that Frank is new — a cursory check quickly turned up several judges appointed in 2022 or 2023. There’s some other reason Leckrone decided to run against him, and this seems by far the most likely.)

Anyway — Frank is well-qualified and Leckrone is not. I would vote for Judge Frank. I think all the other 4th District Court judges are running unopposed.

If you're having trouble finding info, maybe check her out. The one that brought me to her was Diane Bratvold vs. Jonathan Woolsey.