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Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2022)
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| 2022 Erie County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: April 7, 2022 & August 11, 2022 |
| Primary election: June 28, 2022 General election: November 8, 2022 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: County clerk, family court judge, and supreme court judge |
| Total seats up: 7 |
| Election type: Partisan |
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Erie County, New York, held general elections for county clerk, family court judge, and supreme court judge on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022. The filing deadline for county clerk and family court judge was April 7, 2022, and the filing deadline for supreme court judge was August 11, 2022.
Elections
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Candidates and results
County clerk
General election
General election for Erie County Clerk
Incumbent Michael Kearns defeated Melissa Hartman in the general election for Erie County Clerk on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Kearns (R / Conservative Party) | 54.4 | 181,101 |
| Melissa Hartman (D / Integrity Party) | 45.6 | 151,701 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 149 | ||
| Total votes: 332,951 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Erie County Clerk
Melissa Hartman defeated incumbent Michael Kearns in the Democratic primary for Erie County Clerk on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melissa Hartman | 63.3 | 33,307 | |
| Michael Kearns | 36.4 | 19,173 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 142 | ||
| Total votes: 52,622 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Michael Kearns advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Clerk.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Michael Kearns advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Erie County Clerk.
Family court judge
General election
General election for Erie County Family Court
Incumbent Kevin M. Carter won election in the general election for Erie County Family Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin M. Carter (D / R / Conservative Party) | 99.6 | 311,973 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,125 | ||
| Total votes: 313,098 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kevin M. Carter advanced from the Democratic primary for Erie County Family Court.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kevin M. Carter advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Family Court.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kevin M. Carter advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Erie County Family Court.
Supreme court
General election
General election for New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracey A. Bannister (D / R / Conservative Party / Working Families Party) | 19.9 | 479,241 | |
| ✔ | Craig Hannah (D / R / Conservative Party / Working Families Party) | 19.5 | 470,345 | |
| ✔ | Kelly Vacco (D / R / Conservative Party) | 19.4 | 466,464 | |
| ✔ | Gerald Greenan III (D / R / Conservative Party) | 18.7 | 449,902 | |
| ✔ | Joseph Lorigo (R / Conservative Party) | 12.2 | 294,728 | |
| Shannon Heneghan (D / Working Families Party) | 10.1 | 241,864 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3,929 | ||
| Total votes: 2,406,473 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New York elections, 2022
May 17, 2022
June 28, 2022
- United States Senate election in New York, 2022
- New York Attorney General election, 2022
- New York Comptroller election, 2022
- New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- New York State Assembly elections, 2022
August 23, 2022
- New York's 23rd Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 23rd Congressional District special election, 2022
- New York's 24th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 26th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York State Senate elections, 2022
November 8, 2022
- United States Senate election in New York, 2022
- New York's 23rd Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 24th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 26th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York Attorney General election, 2022
- New York Comptroller election, 2022
- New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- New York State Senate elections, 2022
- New York State Assembly elections, 2022
- New York Proposal 1, Environmental Bond Measure (2022)
- City elections in Buffalo, New York (2022)
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About the county
- See also: Erie County, New York
The county seat of Erie County is Buffalo.
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Erie County, New York | ||
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| Erie County | New York | |
| Population | 954,236 | 20,201,249 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 1,042 | 47,123 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 77.1% | 62.3% |
| Black/African American | 13.1% | 15.4% |
| Asian | 3.8% | 8.6% |
| Native American | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| Other (single race) | 2.2% | 8.6% |
| Multiple | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.7% | 19.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 92% | 87.2% |
| College graduation rate | 35.1% | 37.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $59,464 | $71,117 |
| Persons below poverty level | 13.7% | 13.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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