New York judicial elections, 2012

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The New York judicial elections consisted of a primary election on September 13th and a general election on November 6th.

New York judicial elections summary, 2012

Court of Appeals Appellate Division Trial Total candidates 0 0 293 Unopposed candidates 0 38 Judges re-elected 113 Judges not re-elected 17 New judges elected 100 Partisan or Nonpartisan   Partisan   Democratic winners Republican winners

Supreme Courts

New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District

Candidates competed for six seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
QuinnChristopher G. Quinn	No	Republican		6.86%   D
WeberGary J. Weber	No	Republican		6.62%   D
ZimmermanHope Schwartz Zimmerman   A	No	Democratic		8.12%   A
CattersonJames Catterson	Yes	Republican		6.82%   D
LeoJohn Leo   A	No	Democratic		8.26%   A
WatsonJoy Watson	No	Republican		6.81%   D
AustinLeonard Austin   A	Yes	Democratic		8.2%   A
SteinmanLeonard Steinman   A	No	Democratic		8.09%   A
SkelosPeter Skelos   A	Yes	Republican		6.9%   A
AmbroRichard Ambro   A	No	Democratic		8.16%   A
CartierRudolph Cartier	No	Republican		6.47%   D
PardesSondra Pardes   A	No	Democratic		8.22%   A

New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District

Candidates competed for three seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LoprestoCharles S. Lopresto   A	No	Democratic and Republican		22.79%   A
SilvagniGiovanni Silvagni	No	Republican		5%   D
CullenLawrence V. Cullen   A	No	Democratic		20.47%   A
PurificationLeslie J. Purificacion   A	No	Democratic		19.44%   A
BeltaniRobert V. Beltrani	No	Republican		5.17%   D

New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District

Candidates competed for two seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MillsDonna Mills   A	Yes	Democratic		37.03%   A
TapiaFernando Tapia   A	No	Democratic		33.88%   A
WilsonJohn H. Wilson	No	Republican		3.8%   D

New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District

Candidates competed for three seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KaminsBarry Kamins   A	No	Democratic		23.67%   A
ChambersCheryl Chambers   A	Yes			25.51%   A
MillerWilliam Miller (New York)   A	No	Republican, Democrat, Conservative		23.7%   A

New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District

Candidates competed for two seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MaloneBernard Malone	Yes	Republican		17.93%   D
WeissmanLarry Weissman	No	Working Families		2.25%   D
KavanaghMichael Kavanagh	Yes	Republican		20.44%   D
MottRichard Mott   A	No	Democratic		23.89%   A
SchickStephan Schick   A	No	Democratic		21.42%   A

New York Supreme Court 4th Judicial District

Candidates competed for four seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ClarkChristine M. Clark   A	No	Democratic		10.77%   A
CatenaFelix J. Catena	No	Republican		10.07%   D
WaitJeffrey D. Wait	No	Democratic		9.32%   D
SilvestriJohn Silvestri	No	Democratic		9.51%   D
EllisJohn T. Ellis   A	No	Republican		10.14%   A
SiseJoseph Sise   A	Yes	Republican		11.48%   A
PowersMark L. Powers	No	Democratic		9.59%   D
BuchananThomas Buchanan   A	No	Republican		10.51%   A

New York Supreme Court 6th Judicial District

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DowdKevin M. Dowd   A	Yes	Republican		100%   A

New York Supreme Court 7th Judicial District

Candidates competed for two seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BarryDavid Barry	Yes	Republican		20.68%   D
DonofrioGail A. Donofrio   A	No	Republican		27.03%   A
OdorisiJ. Scott Odorisi   A	No	Democratic		21.43%   A
GleasonSean E. Gleason	No	Democratic		18.01%   D

New York Supreme Court 9th Judicial District

Candidates competed for three seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ChuCarl Chu	No	Republican		9.15%   D
LoehrGerald Loehr   A	No	Democratic		16.63%   A
La CavaJohn R. La Cava	Yes	Republican		12.01%   D
RosaMaria Rosa   A	No	Democratic		19.18%   A
CalderinNoreen F. Calderin	No	Republican		11.18%   D
LancmanRory Lancman	No	Working Families		.74%   D
SciortinoSandra Sciortino   A	No	Democratic		15.41%   A

NYC Civil Court

Bronx County

Candidates competed for two seats. Rosado and Hertzberg are running for the 1st District; McShan and Szalkiewicz for the 2nd District.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SzalkiewiczDaniel Szalkiewicz	No	Republican/Conservative		2.29%   D
McShanEddie McShan   A	No	Democratic	59.9%A	83.54%   A
HertzbergHarry Hertzberg	No	Republican/Conservative		12.85%   D
RosadoLlinet Rosado   A	No	Democratic		71.22%   A

Kings County

Candidates competed for two positions.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WalkerCraig S. Walker   A	No	Democratic		55.06%   A
GarsonRobin S. Garson   A	Yes	Democratic		53.23%   A
BradyRoss Brady	No	Republican/Conservative		24.55%   D
MartuscielloVincent F. Martusciello	No	Republican/Conservative		23.55%   D

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MontelioneRichard J. Montelione   A	No	Democratic	51.9%A	100%   A

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ToussaintWavny Toussaint   A	Yes	Democratic		100%   A

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MostofskySteven Mostofsky   A	No	Democratic/Conservative	44.8%A	100%   A

New York County

Candidates competed for three positions.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SinghAnil C. Singh   A	Yes	Democratic		51.96%   A
CraneMelissa A. Crane   A	No	Democratic		55.63%   A
Verna L. Saunders   A	Yes	Democratic		51.96%   A

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SamuelsDebra R. Samuels   A	Yes	Democrat/Republican		100%   A

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SokoloffLisa Sokoloff   A	No	Democratic	54.5%A	100%   A

Candidates competed for two positions.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
EngoronArthur F. Engoron   A	Yes	Democratic		100%   A
KellyShawn T. Kelly   A	Yes	Democratic		100%   A

Candidate is running unopposed.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Rodriguez-MortickJeanette Rodriguez-Morick   A	Yes	Democratic		100%   A

Queens County

Candidates competed for four positions.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GoliaDonna-Marie E. Golia   A	No	Democratic		100%   A
LoveLarry L. Love   A	No	Democratic		100%   A
CalorasRobert I. Caloras   A	No	Democratic		100%   A
LeverettUlysses Leverett   A	No	Democratic		100%   A

County Courts

For information about the County Court elections, see New York judicial elections, 2012 - County Courts.

Town and Village Courts

For information about the Town and Village Court elections, see New York judicial elections, 2012 - Town and Village Courts.

In the News

3 votes separate candidates in two races

As featured in JP Election Brief: Highlights of the 2012 judicial elections on November 15, 2012

Candidates competing for the New York Town and Village Courts do not receive particularly high vote totals, since their jurisdiction is limited by a small area. In this year's election, the East Rochester Town Court race in Monroe County and the Olean Town Court in Cattaraugus County may have the distinction of being the closest races yet.

In Monroe County, Dennis J. Greco has 1,196 votes, while David P. Bonacchi has 1,193. In Cattaraugus County, Sherry L. Lemon has 392 votes, while Thomas G. Churakos, Sr. has 389. That's a difference of just three votes! We have labeled these races as too close to call, and will have to wait for the official canvass of votes 15 days after the election to learn the results.

New York races set and announced

As featured in JP Election Brief: Attack ads and voter education on October 25, 2012.

Yesterday, the New York Courts finally released their Voter Guide, revealing races across the state and providing profiles on some judicial candidates. There will be races for all trial courts this year, the Supreme Courts, NYC Civil Court, City Courts, Surrogates' Courts, County Courts, District Courts, Family Courts, and Town and Village Courts. For the Supreme Courts, the state's court of general jurisdiction, there are 30 races, only one of which is uncontested.

One interesting race is for three seats on the 9th Judicial District Supreme Court. Seven candidates competed for three seats. One of those candidates is Rory Lancman, who has served in the New York State Assembly since 2007 and was defeated in the primaries. Lancman was nominated by the Working Families Party in this year's 9th Judicial District race but has a lot of interest surrounding him and his future political priorities. Though he's technically in the race, in an article he expressed his interest in maintaining his law practice before considering long term plans.

See also

• New York judicial elections

External links

• Watertown Daily Times, "Merrell entering race for Supreme Court seat," June 1, 2011
• TimesUnion.com, "GOP lawyer vies for state bench," June 24, 2011
• Watertown Daily News, "Judge hopeful vows ethics," July 3, 2011
• DemocratandChronicle.com, "New York unlikely to meet judge's election deadlines," January 31, 2012

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