Leigh Cheng

Leigh Cheng

Democratic Party

New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2037

Years in position

2

Prior offices:

New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District

Years in office: 2021 - 2023

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Leigh Cheng (Democratic Party) is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. Cheng assumed office on January 1, 2023. Cheng's current term ends on January 1, 2037.

Cheng (Republican Party, Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. Cheng won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2022)

General election

General election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (4 seats)

Denise Johnson, Leigh Cheng, Nestor Diaz, and incumbent Lee Mayersohn won election in the general election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Johnson (R / D)	26.2	379,296
✔	Submit photo	Leigh Cheng (R / D)	24.7	357,530
✔	Submit photo	Nestor Diaz (R / D)	24.4	352,043
✔	Submit photo	Lee Mayersohn (R / D)	24.3	351,364
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	5,190

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,445,423
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2020)

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District

Leigh Cheng won election in the general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Leigh Cheng (D)	99.1	97,097
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	907

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,004
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District

Leigh Cheng defeated Juan Hong in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Leigh Cheng	63.6	14,753
		Juan Hong	35.9	8,321
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	113

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,187
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Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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