Benison DeFunis

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Benison DeFunis

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

Benison DeFunis (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (2018)

General election

General election for New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District (8 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert E. Torres (D)	13.2	216,002
✔		Julio Rodriguez (D)	11.8	192,661
✔	Submit photo	Elizabeth A. Taylor (D)	11.6	190,184
✔	Submit photo	Llinet Rosado (D)	11.6	188,835
✔	Submit photo	Mary Ann Brigantti-Hughes (D)	11.3	185,116
✔	Submit photo	Marsha Michael (D)	11.2	183,626
✔	Submit photo	Ben Barbato (D)	10.9	178,136
✔	Submit photo	Eddie McShan (D)	10.8	177,216
	Submit photo	Gino Marmorato (R)	1.3	21,871
		James Gisondi (R)	1.2	19,348
	Submit photo	Benison DeFunis (R)	1.1	18,276
	Submit photo	Patricia Latzman (Working Families Party)	0.8	13,567
	Submit photo	Mark Schneider (Working Families Party)	0.7	11,444
	Submit photo	Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)	0.6	9,760
	Submit photo	Michael Lausell (Working Families Party)	0.5	8,948
		Bob Cohen (Working Families Party)	0.5	8,934
		Ronald Kim (Working Families Party)	0.5	8,511
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,535

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Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The 324 justices of the New York Supreme Court are elected to 14-year terms in partisan elections. To appear on the ballot, candidates must be chosen at partisan nominating conventions. Sitting judges wishing to serve an additional term must run for re-election.

The chief judge of the court of appeals appoints two chief administrative judges of the supreme court, one to supervise trial courts within New York City and one to supervise trial courts outside of the city.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:

• be a state resident;
• have had at least 10 years of in-state law practice;
• be at least 18 years old; and
• be under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).

See also

• Courts in New York
• Local trial court judicial elections, 2018

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• City of New York

Footnotes

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