New York judicial elections, 2012

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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.

Supreme Courts[edit]

New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District

Candidates competed for six seats.

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
QuinnChristopher G. Quinn	No	Republican		6.86%   D
WeberGary J. Weber	No	Republican		6.62%   D
CattersonJames M. Catterson	Yes			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 (New York)   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.

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.

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, Conservative		3.8%   D

New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District

Candidates competed for four seats.

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SilverGeorge J. Silver   A	No	Democratic		13.89%   A
MendezManuel J. Mendez   A	No	Democratic		16.32%   A
ScarpullaSaliann Scarpulla   A	No	Democratic		14.21%   A

New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District

Candidates competed for three seats.

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.

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.

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Primary Vote	Election Vote
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

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.

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.

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
Rory Lancman
SciortinoSandra Sciortino   A	No	Democratic		15.41%   A

NYC Civil Court[edit]

Bronx County[edit]

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

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			12.85%   D
RosadoLlinet Rosado   A	No	Democratic		71.22%   A

Kings County[edit]

Candidates competed for two positions.

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	Conservative		24.55%   D
MartuscielloVincent F. Martusciello	No	Conservative		23.55%   D

Candidate is running unopposed.

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

Candidate is running unopposed.

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

Candidate is running unopposed.

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

New York County[edit]

Candidates competed for three positions.

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.

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

Candidate is running unopposed.

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

Candidates competed for two positions.

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.

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

Queens County[edit]

Candidates competed for four positions.

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[edit]

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

Town and Village Courts[edit]

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

In the News[edit]

3 votes separate candidates in two races[edit]

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 election, the East Rochester Town Court race in Monroe County and the Olean Town Court in Cattaraugus County had the distinction of being the closest races in the state.

In Monroe County, Dennis J. Greco earned 1,196 votes, while David P. Bonacchi earned 1,193. In Cattaraugus County, Sherry L. Lemon had 392 votes, while Thomas G. Churakos, Sr. had 389. That was a difference of just three votes!

New York races set and announced[edit]

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

There were 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 were 30 races, only one of which was uncontested.

One interesting race was for three seats on the 9th Judicial District Supreme Court. Seven candidates competed for three seats. One of those candidates was Rory Lancman, who served in the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012 and was defeated in the primaries. Lancman was nominated by the Working Families Party in the 9th Judicial District race but had a lot of interest surrounding him and his future political priorities. Though he was technically in the race, in an article he expressed his interest in maintaining his law practice before considering long term plans.^[1]

See also[edit]

• New York judicial elections

External links[edit]

• 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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