2009 contested judicial election results

The table below includes contested state court races in 2009. All poll closing times are listed as local time.

For more information, see our 2009 State Supreme Court elections page.

General Elections

Election	Incumbent	Challenger(s)	Result	Elections board
Wisconsin Supreme Court elections	Shirley Abrahamson	Randy Koschnick	Abrahamson re-elected
Louisiana Supreme Court Special Election	None	Jimmy Faircloth (R), Marcus Clark (D)	Marcus Clark elected	Louisiana SOS
New York Supreme Court		1st District: Lucy Billings, Sherilyn Dandridge 3rd District: James Gilpatric, Jill Dunn 4th District: Barry D. Kramer, Thomas Mercure, Richard B. Meyer, Brian S. Stewart 5th District: James Tormey, James McCarthy, Walter Hafner 7th District: Paloma A. Capanna, Ken Fisher, La Marr Jackson, Alex Renzi 8th District: Christopher Burns, Shirley Troutman, John O’Donnell, Jeffrey Voelkl 9th District: Orazio Bellantoni, James Alexander Burke, Mary N. Clark, Jeffrey Cohen, Francesca Connolly, James W. Hubert, Jr., William L. Maher, David L. Steinberg, Charles E. Stewart, Stasia T. Vogel, Charles Wood 10th District: Stephen A. Bucaria, Robert A. Bruno, Barbara Byrne, Daniel W. Donnelly, Elizabeth H. Emerson, David Goodsell, Randall Hinrichs, Patrick Leis, James P. McCormack, Stephanie G. Ovadia, Thomas P. Phelan, Andrew L. Spence, 11th District: Robert Beltrani, John F. Casey, Joseph F. Kasper, Daniel Lewis, Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan, Thomas D. Raffaele 12th District: Sharon A. M. Aarons, Loraine Corsa, Lucindo Suarez, Kenneth Thompson, Jr., John H. Wilson, 13th District: Philip Minardo	3rd District: James Gilpatric 4th District: Barry D. Kramer, Thomas Mercure 5th District: Tormey and McCarthy 7th District: Ken Fisher, Alex Renzi 8th District: Christopher Burns, Shirley Troutman, John O’Donnell 9th District: Orazio Bellantoni, Jeffrey Cohen, Francesca Connolly, Charles Wood 10th District: Stephen A. Bucaria, Robert A. Bruno, Elizabeth H. Emerson, Randall Hinrichs, Patrick Leis, Thomas P. Phelan 11th District: Daniel Lewis, Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan, Thomas D. Raffaele 12th District: (Final results are currently unavailable) 13th District: Philip Minardo	NY Board of Elections
Pennsylvania Supreme Court	None	Jack Panella (D), Joan Orie Melvin (R)	Joan Orie Melvin elected with 53.2% of the vote	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Superior Court, 4 seats open	None	Marakay Rogers (L), Sallie Munday (R), Judith Olson (R), Paula Ott (R), Templeton Smith (R), Robert Colville (D), Anne Lazarus (D), Kevin McCarthy (D) and Teresa Sarmina (D)	Olsen, Munday and Ott elected. Fourth seat still contested, with Lazarus reporting 11.5%, Colville and Smith at 11.4% and McCarthy at 11.3%. There will be a recount.	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, 2 seats open	None	Kevin Brobson (R), Patricia McCullough (R),Barbara Ernsberger (D), Linda Judson (D)	McCullough and Brobson elected	Pennsylvania BOE
Snohomish County Superior Court, Washington	None	David Hulbert, Scott Lord, Scott Peterson, Rico Tessandore and Joe Wilson	Joe Wilson elected with 39.94% of the vote	Snohomish County Election Results

Primary Elections

Election	Incumbent	Challenger(s)	Result	Elections board
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Republican primary	None	Cheryl Lynn Allen, Joan Orie Melvin, Paul Panepinto	Orie Melvin won the election with 55% (304,339)	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Superior Court Democrat primary	None	Robert Colville, Anne Lazarus, John Younge, Paula Patrick, Kevin McCarthy, Tom Munley	Colville, McCarthy, and Lazarus advanced to the November 3 election	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Superior Court Republican primary	None	Judith Olson, Sallie Munday, Templeton Smith	All 3 GOP candidates advance	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Democrat primary	None	Michael Sherman, Barbara Ernsberger, Daniel Bricmont, Jimmy Lynn, Stephen Pollock, Linda Judson	Ernsberger wins with 21.8% (231,039), Judson ends up in second with 21.5% (227,207) to advance to the Nov 3 election	Pennsylvania BOE
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Republican primary	None	Patricia McCullough, Kevin Brobson, Al Frioni	McCullogh with 37% (308,346) and Brobson in 2nd with 35% (291,387) advance to the Nov 3 election	Pennsylvania BOE

Sources of Results

Pennsylvania

• KDKA (CBS 2)-Greater Pittsburgh Area
• FOX News Philadelphia-Greater Philadelphia Area
• WHP (CBS 21)-Harrisburg and Central Pennsylvania
• WICU (NBC 12)-Erie Area
• WYOU (CBS 13)-Scranton Wilkes-Barre Area

Wisconsin

• WKBT-TV (CBS 8) La Crosse and Eau Claire, WI
• Today's TMJ 4 (WTMJ NBC 4) Greater Milwaukee Area
• WGBA NBC 26 Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, WI
• WSAW TV (CBS 7) Wausau and Rhinelander, WI

Election Night news across Pennsylvania-May 19, 2009

• WICU-NBC 12-Erie Polls are ready for Voters
• Philadelphia Inquirer Primary Expected to be a Low Turnout
• Philadelphia Bulletin Philadelphia DA on the lookout for voter fraud in the primary.
• Sunbury Daily Item Highlights fundraising of the 3 Republican Primary Candidates
• Pittsburgh Post-Tribune Pittsburgh and Allegheny County may have Higher local turnout

Election Night News Across Wisconsin-April 7, 2009

• Statement of Concession from the Koschnick Campaign
• WISPolitics-Abrahamson Celebrates Her Victory-10:23 PM-CDT
• NBC 15-Madison Abrahamson Wins Re-Election 9:30 PM-CDT
• Link to Article that the AP Declared Chief Justice Abrahamson the Winner
• Madison.com-Ballots Run out on Madison's West Side 7:23 PM-CDT
• WISPolitics.com-Late Day Statewide Voter Turnout Update 7:23 PM-CDT
• WISPolitics-Planned Parenthood Sends out Last Minute Mailers Attacking Koschnick on Election Day 2:53 PM-CDT
• WISPolitics-Sheboygan's Early Voter Turnout Projections Behind Despite a High Profile Mayor's Race 12:44 PM-CDT
• Green Bay Press-Gazette Only 20% Statewide Voter Turnout Expected-Early Morning