Diane Y. Wray

This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Diane Y. Wray

---

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Buffalo City Court

---

Report an officeholder change

Diane Y. Wray (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Buffalo City Court in New York. Wray left office on December 31, 2024.

Wray (Democratic Party, Republican Party, Working Families Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Buffalo City Court in New York. Wray won in the general election on November 2, 2021. Wray advanced from the Democratic primary on June 22, 2021.

Elections

2021

General election

General election for Buffalo City Court (4 seats)

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Diane Y. Wray (D / R / Working Families Party / Conservative Party)	25.4	42,128
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Dabney (D / Working Families Party / Conservative Party)	25.2	41,834
✔	Submit photo	Rebecca Town (D / Working Families Party)	22.8	37,753
✔	Submit photo	Carrie Phillips (D)	21.0	34,847
	Submit photo	Joel Moore (Conservative Party)	5.1	8,508
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	671

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 165,741
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Note: At the time of the Democratic primary, three seats on the Buffalo City Court were up for election. A vacancy on the city court opened up after Judge Debra L. Givens was appointed to the New York Court of Claims. As a result, four seats on the court were up for election in November 2021. Carrie Phillips, whose name didn’t appear on the primary ballot, was endorsed by the Democratic Party on June 30, 2021, and qualified for the general election ballot.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Buffalo City Court (4 seats)

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rebecca Town	29.8	12,509
✔	Submit photo	Diane Y. Wray	29.7	12,467
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Dabney	27.6	11,580
	Submit photo	Joseph T. Jarzembek	12.1	5,100
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	339

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,995
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joel Moore (D)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Phillip Dabney and Joel Moore advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Buffalo City Court.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Phillip Dabney, incumbent Diane Y. Wray, and Rebecca Town advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Buffalo City Court.

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Diane Y. Wray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2021 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

Documenting America's Path to Recovery The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel Union Station

External links

• Buffalo City Court

Search Google News for this topic