Karen Lin
2024 - Present
2038
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Karen Lin (Democratic Party) is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. She assumed office on January 1, 2024. Her current term ends on January 1, 2038.
Lin (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2023)
General election
General election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Dunn (D / R) | 22.3 | 115,241 | |
| ✔ | Peter J. Kelly (D) | 17.3 | 89,337 | |
| ✔ |  | Karen Lin (D) | 17.1 | 88,338 |
| ✔ |  | Jessica Earle-Gargan (D) | 16.7 | 86,224 |
| ✔ |  | Cassandra Johnson (D) | 16.4 | 84,477 |
| Gary Muraca (R) | 8.6 | 44,457 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 7,943 | ||
| Total votes: 516,017 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2022)
General election
General election for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)
Karen Lin and Maria Gonzalez defeated William Shanahan and Daniel Kogan in the general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Lin (D) | 32.9 | 257,873 |
| ✔ | Maria Gonzalez (D) | 32.0 | 250,671 | |
 | William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party) | 18.0 | 141,121 | |
| Daniel Kogan (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party) | 17.1 | 133,970 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 775 | ||
| Total votes: 784,410 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)
Karen Lin and Maria Gonzalez defeated Devian Shondel Daniels and Thomas Medardo Oliva in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Lin | 39.5 | 56,367 |
| ✔ | Maria Gonzalez | 24.1 | 34,284 | |
 | Devian Shondel Daniels | 19.1 | 27,188 | |
| Thomas Medardo Oliva | 16.8 | 23,954 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 728 | ||
| Total votes: 142,521 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Daniel Kogan and William Shanahan advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Daniel Kogan and William Shanahan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Karen Lin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Karen Lin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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• Working mom of three boys • Wife of NYC public school teacher • Volunteer lawyer at pro bono legal clinics • Former Judge in Housing Court • Unanimously Approved by the New York City Bar Association and Qualified by the Queens Bar Association • Rated Highly Qualified by the LGBT Bar Association of New York • Strongly Endorsed by Congressmembers Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, Nydia Velazquez; State Senators
John Liu, Toby Stavisky, Leroy Comrie, Jessica Ramos, Joseph Addabbo; Assemblymembers Edward
Braunstein, Nily Rozic, David Weprin, Vivian Cook, Alicia Hyndman, Daniel Rosenthal, Stacey Pfeffer Amato,
Jeff Aubry, Jenifer Rajkumar, Catalina Cruz; Councilmembers Sandra Ung, Lynn Schulman, Linda Lee; and
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
- Judges serve the public and are committed to upholding the law fairly, justly and without bias, explicit or implicit.
- A judiciary that reflects the diverse communities it serves strengthens our democracy.
- If elected, Karen will become the first East Asian American woman elected judge in Queens, where over 25% of the population are AAPI.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District |
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
