William Shanahan

William Shanahan

Republican Party, Conservative Party

Candidate, New York City Civil Court Queens County

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William Shanahan (Republican Party, Conservative Party) is running in a special election for judge of the New York City Civil Court Queens County. He is on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025. The Republican and Conservative Party primaries for this office on June 24, 2025, were canceled.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2025)

General election

Special general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County (3 seats)

The following candidates are running in the special general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Sheridan Chu (D)
	Submit photo	Indira Khan (D)
	Submit photo	Oma Phillips (D)
	Submit photo	Thomas Barra (R / Conservative Party)
		William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party)
	Submit photo	Susan Silverman (R / Conservative Party)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen Dachtera (R / Conservative Party)
• Mary-Ann Maloney (R / Conservative Party)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Indira Khan and Oma Phillips advanced from the special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County (3 seats)

Sheridan Chu defeated John Ciafone in the special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County on June 24, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sheridan Chu	59.6	107,811
		John Ciafone	40.3	73,011
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	185

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 181,007
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stephen Dachtera, Mary-Ann Maloney, and William Shanahan advanced from the special Republican primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Stephen Dachtera, Mary-Ann Maloney, and William Shanahan advanced from the special Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Endorsements

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2024

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2024)

Note: Two seats were on the ballot in the New York City Civil Court Queens County 2024 primary. Three additional seats were added to the ballot before the general election.

General election

Special general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Peter F. Lane (D / R)	20.0	532,153
✔		Glenda Hernandez (D)	14.7	391,470
✔	Submit photo	Amish Doshi (D)	14.5	384,304
✔		Melissa Deberry (D)	13.7	363,119
✔		Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar (D)	13.2	351,211
		William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense Party)	8.3	220,878
		Mary-Ann Maloney (R)	7.9	209,942
	Submit photo	Stephen Dachtera (R)	7.2	189,904
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	11,286

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,654,267
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County (5 seats)

Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar and Glenda Hernandez defeated Julie Milner and Amish Doshi in the special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar	29.9	31,340
✔		Glenda Hernandez	27.7	29,000
		Julie Milner	21.2	22,173
	Submit photo	Amish Doshi	20.3	21,279
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	852

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,644
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the special Republican primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the special Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Shanahan in this election.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2023)

General election

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

Evelyn Gong defeated William Shanahan in the special general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Evelyn Gong (D)	51.7	20,135
		William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense Party)	47.9	18,632
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	142

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,909
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Democratic primary election

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

Evelyn Gong defeated John Ciafone and Steven Beard in the special Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District on June 27, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Evelyn Gong	57.1	7,427
		John Ciafone	21.4	2,788
		Steven Beard	20.9	2,723
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	65

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,003
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the special Republican primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the special Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County 6th Municipal Court District.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Shanahan in this election.

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
✔	Submit photo	Maria Gonzalez (D)	32.0	250,671
		William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party)	18.0	141,121
	Submit photo	Daniel Kogan (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party)	17.1	133,970
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	775

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Maria Gonzalez	24.1	34,284
		Devian Shondel Daniels	19.1	27,188
	Submit photo	Thomas Medardo Oliva	16.8	23,954
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	728

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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.

2021

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)

Soma Syed and Andrea Ogle defeated William Shanahan in the general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Soma Syed (D)	38.2	153,870
✔	Submit photo	Andrea Ogle (D)	37.5	151,071
		William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Save Our City Party)	23.8	95,902
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,553

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 402,396
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)

Soma Syed defeated Michael Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County on June 22, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Soma Syed	50.4	91,040
		Michael Goldman	49.0	88,558
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,111

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 180,709
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Andrea Ogle advanced from the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. 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. William Shanahan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.

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2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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