Keith Cornell

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Keith Cornell

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Rockland County Surrogate's Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 7, 2017

Keith Cornell is a judge for the Rockland County Surrogate's Court in New York. Cornell won the seat in the general election on November 7, 2017. He filed with the Democratic, Conservative, and Working Families parties.

Elections

2017

See also: New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017

New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 13, 2017.

Keith Cornell (D) defeated Michael Koplen (R) and Alden Wolfe (Working Families) in the Rockland County Surrogate's Court general election.

Rockland County Surrogate's Court, General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Cornell	49.47%	38,498
	Republican	Michael Koplen	43.06%	33,509
	Working Families	Alden Wolfe	7.42%	5,777
		Write-in votes	0.06%	44
Total Votes				77,828
Source: Rockland County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," accessed December 18, 2017

Keith Cornell defeated Alden Wolfe in the Rockland County Surrogate's Court Democratic primary.

Rockland County Surrogate's Court, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Keith Cornell	56.31%	6,034
Alden Wolfe	42.39%	4,543
Write-in votes	1.3%	139
Total Votes		10,716
Source: Rockland County Board of Elections, "2017 Official Primary Results," September 12, 2017

Alden Wolfe defeated Keith Cornell in the Rockland County Surrogate's Court Working Families primary.

Rockland County Surrogate's Court, Working Families Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Alden Wolfe	58.43%	104
Keith Cornell	40.45%	72
Write-in votes	1.12%	2
Total Votes		178
Source: Rockland County Board of Elections, "2017 Official Primary Results," September 12, 2017

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

Judges of the New York Surrogates' Courts are each elected in partisan contested elections. Outside of New York City, they serve 10-year terms. In New York City, they serve 14-year terms. To serve on this court, a judge must be a state and county resident, at least 18 years old and practice in the state for 10 years. This court has a mandatory retirement age of 70 years old.

See also

Local courts	New York	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2017 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	New York elections, 2017 Judicial selection in New York Public policy in New York Endorsers in New York	Municipal elections, 2017 School board elections, 2017 Local ballot measure elections, 2017 Recall elections, 2017

External links

• New York State Unified Court System

Footnotes

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