Connecticut judicial elections, 2014

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Connecticut judicial elections, 2014
Overview
Total candidates: 72
Primary candidates: 4
General election candidates: 70
Incumbency
Incumbents: 43
Incumbent success rate: 100%
Competition - general election
Percent of candidates in contested races: 44%
Percent uncontested: 56%
Partisan victories
Republican Button-Red.svg 19
Democratic Button-Blue.svg 33
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Last updated: November 2014

The 2014 Connecticut judicial elections only included candidates for the probate courts. Probate judges are elected in partisan elections for four-year terms. In total, 72 candidates ran for election in 2014; 43 were incumbents, and 39 ran unopposed.

See: Connecticut elections summary, 2014.

Election dates

  • June 10: Primary petitions due
  • August 12: Primary
  • November 4: General election[1]

General election: Contested races

(I) denotes incumbent

Cheshire-Southington Probate District, Seat 1

Derby Probate District, Seat 1

East Hartford Probate District, Seat 1

Glastonbury-Hebron Probate District, Seat 1

Litchfield Hills Probate District, Seat 1

Madison-Guilford Probate District, Seat 1

Mansfield-Tolland Probate District, Seat 1

Milford-Orange Probate District, Seat 1

Northern Fairfield Probate District, Seat 1

Norwalk Probate District, Seat 1

Plainfield-Killingly Probate District, Seat 1

Stamford Probate District, Seat 1

Saybrook Probate District, Seat 1

Stratford Probate District, Seat 1

Trumbull Probate District, Seat 1

General election: Uncontested

The following candidates were elected or re-elected after running unopposed in the general election. Click the arrows in the column headings to sort columns alphabetically.

Trial courts

CourtCandidate
Click the arrows in the column headings to sort columns alphabetically.
Region No. 19 Probate DistrictAndre Dorval
Meriden Probate DistrictBrian Mahon
Norwich Probate DistrictChuck Norris
Simsbury Regional Probate DistrictCynthia Becker
Fairfield Probate DistrictDaniel Caruso
Greenwich Probate District, ConnecticutDavid Hopper (Connecticut)
Danbury Probate DistrictDianne Yamin
Region No. 22 Probate DistrictDomenick Calabrese
Hamden-Bethany Probate DistrictEdward C. Burt, Jr.
Farmington and Burlington Probate DistrictEvelyn Daly
Branford-North Branford Probate DistrictFrank Forgione
Shelton Probate DistrictFred Anthony
Niantic Regional Probate DistrictJeffrey McNamara
Region No. 14 Probate DistrictJennifer Berkenstock
Windham-Colchester Probate DistrictJohn J. McGrath
New Haven Probate DistrictJohn Keyes
Middletown Probate DistrictJoseph Marino
Northeast Probate DistrictLeah Schad
Westport Probate DistrictLisa K. Weyler
Greater Windsor Probate DistrictMarianne Fisher
West Haven Probate DistrictMark J. Degennaro
Housatonic Probate DistrictMartin Landgrebe
New London Probate DistrictMathew Greene
East Haven-North Haven Probate DistrictMichael Brandt (Connecticut)
Greater Manchester Probate DistrictMichael Darby
Torrington Area Probate DistrictMichael Magistrali
Southeastern Corner Regional Probate DistrictNicholas F. Kepple
Ellington Probate DistrictO. James Purnell, III
Bridgeport Probate DistrictPaul Ganim
Naugatuck Probate DistrictPeter Mariano
Wallingford Probate DistrictPhilip Wright, Jr.
Hartford Probate DistrictRobert Killian, Jr.
Newington Probate DistrictRobert Randich
Tobacco Valley Probate DistrictSteven Zelman
West Hartford Probate DistrictSydney Elkin
Waterbury Probate DistrictThomas Brunnock
North Central Connecticut Probate DistrictTimothy R.E. Keeney
Berlin Probate DistrictWalter Clebowicz
Darien-New Canaan Probate DistrictWilliam P. Osterndorf

Primary

The following probate court candidates ran in the primary on August 12, 2014:

Democratic primary for the Plainfield-Killingly Regional Probate District

Republican primary for the Madison-Guilford Probate District

Process

Probate judges are chosen in partisan elections.[4]

Qualifications

Probate judges must live in the district they serve and be a member of the state bar.[5]

See also

External links

Footnotes