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Thomas Benedetto
Thomas Benedetto is a court attorney and referee for the Fifth Judicial District. He sought election to the Oswego County Court in New York in 2010. He was a 2014 judicial candidate for the Supreme Court, 11th District, in New York.[1]
Elections
2014
Supreme Court
Benedetto ran for election to the Supreme Court, 11th District.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 1.6 percent of the vote. He competed against Ronald D. Hollie (incumbent), Anna Culley, Carmen Velasquez, John F. Casey, Leslie G. Leach, and William Decandido for four open seats.[1]
Benedetto ran as a Conservative party candidate.
Family Court
Benedetto ran for election to the Oswego County Family Court.
Primary: Benedetto was defeated in the Republican primary on September 9, 2014, receiving 44.0% of the vote. He competed against Salvatore F. Lanza and James K. Eby.[1][2]
2010
- See also: New York judicial elections, 2010
Benedetto ran for election to the Oswego County Court in 2010 and lost. He ran for the seat vacated when James McCarthy was elevated to the New York Supreme Court, 5th District and was opposed by attorney David Hawthorne and Oswego County District Attorney Donald E. Todd.[3][4]
Challenge to nominating petition
Opponent Donald Todd challenged Benedetto's nominating petition. He said there were several errors, invalidating Benedetto's candidacy. If found to be true, Todd would not have a Republican challenger in the 2010 primary election.[5]
Education
Benedetto received his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from Syracuse University in 1987 and 1991, respectively.[6]
Career
Benedetto is a family court referee, and previously served as legal advisor to family court judges.[7]
See also
External links
- New York State Unified Court System, "Oswego County Family Court"
- Facebook.com, "Thom Benedetto for Family Judge"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York State Board of Elections, “State Certification for the November 4, 2014 General Election,” accessed September 30, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidate2014" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Oswego County Board of Elections, "Primary Election Results," September 9, 2014
- ↑ The Valley News, "Three candidates to run for Oswego County Court seat," May 5, 2010
- ↑ Orleans County, "Election Results," 2010
- ↑ The Valley News, "Nominating petitions challenged in Oswego County Court race," July 21, 2010
- ↑ LinkedIn.com, "Thom Benedetto," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Oswego County Today, "Benedetto Pursues Family Court Judgeship," August 8, 2014
