Judicial elections, 2009

2009 State Judicial Elections
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This page is a collection of election results for contested judicial races in 2009. In odd-numbered years, full elections are held in Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

For information on the 2009 supreme court races, visit State supreme court elections, 2009.

New York

The New York Supreme Court is the general jurisdiction trial court in the State of New York. In 2009, elections for 28 seats were held in 11 districts.

All New York election results are from the New York Secretary of State at NYS Board of Elections State Supreme Court Election Returns Nov. 3, 2009.

1st District

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Lucy Billings A	Yes	1st District	Democratic	154,699	53%
Sherilyn Dandridge	No	1st District	Republican	36,936	12.6%

3rd District

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
James Gilpatric A		3rd District	Democratic, Independence, Conservative	102,585	46.3%
Jill Dunn		3rd District	Republican	78,833	35.6%

4th District

Four candidates competed for two seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Barry D. Kramer A	No	4th District	Democratic, Conservative	85,382	20.9%
Thomas Mercure A	Yes	4th District	Republican, Conservative	87,238	21.3%
Richard B. Meyer	No	4th District	Republican	66,197	16.2%
Brian S. Stewart	No	4th District	Democratic	64,461	15.7%

5th District

Three candidates competed for two seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
James Tormey A	Yes	5th District	Republican, Independence	97,168	23%
James McCarthy A	No	5th District	Democratic, Republican, Independence, Conservative	158,075	37.4%
Walter Hafner	No	5th District	Democratic, Conservative	76,113	18%

7th District

Four candidates competed for two seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Alex Renzi A	No	7th District	Republican, Conservative	128,966	24.9%
Ken Fisher A	Yes	7th District	Republican, Independence, Conservative	126,849	24.5%
La Marr Jackson	No	7th District	Democratic	58,180	11.2%
Paloma A. Capanna	No	7th District	Democratic	62,239	12%

8th District

Four candidates competed for three seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Christopher Burns A	Yes	8th District	Democratic, Republican, Independence, Conservative, Working Families	206,361	24.6%
Shirley Troutman A	No	8th District	Democratic, Republican, Independence, Working Families	195,925	23.4%
John F. O'Donnell A	Yes	8th District	Democratic, Independence, Conservative, Working Families	145,775	17.4%
Jeffrey Voelkl	No	8th District	Republican, Conservative	95,965	11.4%

9th District

Eleven candidates competed for four seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Francesca Connolly A	Yes	9th District	Democratic, Working Families	153,552	9.7%
Jeffrey Cohen A	No	9th District	Democratic, Independence, Conservative, Working Families	176,501	11.1%
Orazio Bellantoni A	Yes	9th District	Republican, Independence, Conservative, Right to Life	170,369	10.8%
Charles Wood A	No	9th District	Republican, Independence, Conservative	157,476	9.9%
David L. Steinberg	No	9th District	Democratic, Working Families	140,088	8%
James W. Hubert, Jr.	Yes	9th District	Democratic, Independence, Working Families	144,299	9.1%
Charles E. Stewart	No	9th District	Republican, Conservative	142,382	9%
William L. Maher	No	9th District	Republican	116,223	7%
James Alexander Burke	No	9th District	Right to Life	9,764	>1%
Mary N. Clark	No	9th District	Right to Life	10,827	>1%

10th District

Twelve candidates competed for six seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Randall Hinrichs A	No	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative	363,956	12.6%
H. Patrick Leis III A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence	377,314	13.1%
Elizabeth H. Emerson A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence, Working Families	390,764	13.6%
Stephen A. Bucaria A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence	375,792	13%
Thomas P. Phelan A	Yes	10th District	Republican, Conservative	220,506	7.6%
Robert A. Bruno A	No	10th District	Republican, Conservative	224,766	7.8%
James P. McCormack	No	10th District	Democratic, Independence, Working Families	192,104	6.6%
David Goodsell	No	10th District	Democratic, Independence, Working Families	178,150	6.2%
Daniel W. Donnelly	No	10th District	Independence	20,192	>1%
Andrew L. Spence	No	10th District	Working Families	9,573	>1%

11th District

Six candidates ran for three seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Daniel Lewis A	Yes	12th District	Democratic	132,068	14.4%
Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan A	No	12th District	Democratic	123,531	13.4%
Thomas D. Raffaele A	No	12th District	Democratic	130,765	14.2%
Robert Beltrani	No	12th District	Republican, Conservative	63,129	6.8%
John F. Casey	No	12th District	Republican, Conservative	63,992	6.9%
Joseph F. Kasper	No	12th District	Republican	51,058	5.5%

12th District

Five candidates ran for three seats.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election votes	Election %
Lucindo Suarez A	Yes	12th District	Democratic	73,333	16.4%
Sharon A. M. Aarons A	No	12th District	Democratic	72,659	16.2%
Kenneth Thompson, Jr. A	Yes	12th District	Democratic, Conservative	78,711	17.6%
John H. Wilson	No	12th District	Republican, Conservative	16,237	3.6%
Loraine Corsa	No	12th District	Conservative	4,186	>1%

13th District

Candidate	Incumbent
Philip Minardo A	Yes

Pennsylvania

Superior Court

Nine candidates competed for four seats. Superior Court election results are from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State at 2009 Municipal Election, Judge of the Superior Court results.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Primary votes	Primary %	Election votes	Election %
Judith Olson A	No		Republican	406,755	37.1%	954,065	15%
Sallie Mundy A	No		Republican	366,527	33.5%	870,091	13.7%
Paula Ott A	No		Republican			807,328	12.7%
Anne Lazarus A	No		Democratic			726,917	11.4%
Robert Colville	No		Democratic			724,830	11.4%
Templeton Smith	No		Republican	320,646	29.3%	723,117	11.4%
Kevin McCarthy	No		Democratic			714,237	11.2%
Teresa Sarmina	No		Democratic			690,682	10.9%
Marakay Rogers	No		Libertarian			127,492	2%

Commonwealth Court

Four candidates competed for two seats. Commonwealth Court election results are from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State at 2009 Municipal Election, Judge of the Commonwealth Court results.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Primary votes	Primary %	Election votes	Election %
Patricia McCullough A	No		Republican	308,346	37.2%	903,745	28.1%
Kevin Brobson A	No		Republican	291,387	35.1%	839,748	26.1%
Linda Judson	No		Democratic			741,263	23%
Barbara Ernsberger	No		Democratic			729,241	22.6%

See also

• State supreme court elections, 2009
• Portal:Judicial elections