Betsy Barros
Betsy Barros (Democratic Party) is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District. She assumed office on January 1, 2026. Her current term ends on January 1, 2040.
Barros (Democratic Party, Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran in a special election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District. She won in the special general election on November 4, 2025.
Biography
Barros earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from the New York University Law School.[1][2]
Barros began her judicial career in 1996 when she was elected to the New York City Civil Court. She joined the Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District in New York in 1998 and re-elected in 2011. She was the first Latina ever to serve on the court. Before becoming a judge, Barros served as a special assistant attorney general with the Office of the Special State Prosecutor from 1988 to 1990. Prior to that time, she was an attorney in the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. She began her legal career with the Brooklyn Legal Aid Society in 1982.[2]
Elections
2025
See also: Municipal elections in Kings County, New York (2025)
General election
Special general election for New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District (9 seats)
The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carl J. Landicino (D / R / Conservative Party) | 12.0 | 492,392 | |
| ✔ | Betsy Barros (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.6 | 475,474 | |
| ✔ | Jill Epstein (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.4 | 467,734 | |
| ✔ | Maria Aragona (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.4 | 467,546 | |
| ✔ | D. Bernadette Neckles (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.2 | 456,396 | |
| ✔ | Brian Gotlieb (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.0 | 448,699 | |
| ✔ | Jacqueline Williams (D) | 10.5 | 428,051 | |
| ✔ | Norma Jennings (D) | 10.1 | 414,278 | |
| ✔ | Claudia Daniels-DePeyster (D) | 10.1 | 413,358 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 26,688 | ||
| Total votes: 4,090,616 | |||
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Endorsements
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2011
- Main page: New York judicial elections, 2011
Barros was re-elected to the supreme court on November 8 with 16.9 percent of the vote. She was cross-endorsed by the Democratic, Republican and Conservative parties. Other successful candidates for the six open seats on the court were: David Friedman, Lawrence S. Knipel, Johnny Lee Baynes, Rachel Adams, and Carl J. Landicino.[3][4][5]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedappellate - ↑ 2.0 2.1 New York Law Journal, "Judicial Profiles:Betsy Barros," April 17, 2014
- ↑ NY Daily News, "New York City 2011, Unofficial General Election Results," November 9, 2011
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2011 Supreme Court Justice Candidates," accessed April 17, 2014 See p. 1
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "Dems Nominate 5 Judges and 1 Lawyer For Brooklyn Bench," September 30, 2011
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