Connecticut judicial elections, 2014

Connecticut judicial elections, 2014
Overview
Total candidates:	72
Primary candidates:	4
General election candidates:	70
Incumbency
Incumbents:	43
Incumbent success rate:	100%
Competition - general election
Percent of candidates in contested races:	44%
Percent uncontested:	56%
Partisan victories
Republican	19
Democratic	33

2015 → ← 2013
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Last updated: November 2014

The 2014 Connecticut judicial elections only included candidates for the probate courts. Probate judges are elected in partisan elections for four-year terms. In total, 72 candidates ran for election in 2014; 43 were incumbents, and 39 ran unopposed.

See: Connecticut elections summary, 2014.

Election dates

• June 10: Primary petitions due
• August 12: Primary
• November 4: General election

General election: Contested races

(I) denotes incumbent

Cheshire-Southington Probate District, Seat 1

• Everett G. Sussman, 33%A
• Matt Jalowiec (I), 67%A

Derby Probate District, Seat 1

• Clifford Hoyle (I), 100%A
• Jeffrey M. Wasikowski

East Hartford Probate District, Seat 1

• Scott R. Chadwick, 70.1%A
• Tom Ogar, 29.9%A

Glastonbury-Hebron Probate District, Seat 1

• Sean Peoples, 54.5%A
• Thomas J. Sousa, Jr., 45.5%A

Litchfield Hills Probate District, Seat 1

• Diane Blick (I) A
• Evan Brunetti A

Madison-Guilford Probate District, Seat 1

• Peter C. Barrett, 47.7%A
• William Bilcheck, 46.1%A
• Thomas A. Virgulto, 6.2%A

Mansfield-Tolland Probate District, Seat 1

• Barbara Gardner Riordan, 51.8%A
• George Baker, 48.2%A

Milford-Orange Probate District, Seat 1

• Beverly Streit-Kefalas (I), 57.3%A
• Thomas A. Miller, 42.7%A

Northern Fairfield Probate District, Seat 1

• Joseph Egan, Jr. (I), 63.8%A
• Steven Boa DeMoura, 36.2%A

Norwalk Probate District, Seat 1

• Anthony DePanfilis (I), 59.6%A
• Darnell Crosland, 40.4%A

Plainfield-Killingly Probate District, Seat 1

• Andrea Truppa, 53.8%A
• Carolanne Rowe, 46.2%A

Stamford Probate District, Seat 1

• Thaddeus Hanset, 11.8%A
• Gerald Fox III, 88.2%A

Saybrook Probate District, Seat 1

• Anselmo M. Delia, 49.3%A
• Terrance D. Lomme (I), 50.7%A

Stratford Probate District, Seat 1

• Kurt M. Ahlberg, 53.7%A
• Kent M. Miller, 46.3%A

Trumbull Probate District, Seat 1

• Matthew C. Reale, 37.4%A
• T.R. Rowe, 62.6%A

General election: Uncontested

The following candidates were elected or re-elected after running unopposed in the general election. Click the arrows in the column headings to sort columns alphabetically.

Trial courts

Court	Candidate
Click the arrows in the column headings to sort columns alphabetically.
Region No. 19 Probate District	Andre Dorval
Meriden Probate District	Brian Mahon
Norwich Probate District	Chuck Norris
Simsbury Regional Probate District	Cynthia Becker
Fairfield Probate District	Daniel Caruso
Greenwich Probate District, Connecticut	David Hopper (Connecticut)
Danbury Probate District	Dianne Yamin
Region No. 22 Probate District	Domenick Calabrese
Hamden-Bethany Probate District	Edward C. Burt, Jr.
Farmington and Burlington Probate District	Evelyn Daly
Branford-North Branford Probate District	Frank Forgione
Shelton Probate District	Fred Anthony
Niantic Regional Probate District	Jeffrey McNamara
Region No. 14 Probate District	Jennifer Berkenstock
Windham-Colchester Probate District	John J. McGrath
New Haven Probate District	John Keyes
Middletown Probate District	Joseph Marino
Northeast Probate District	Leah Schad
Westport Probate District	Lisa K. Weyler
Greater Windsor Probate District	Marianne Fisher
West Haven Probate District	Mark J. Degennaro
Housatonic Probate District	Martin Landgrebe
New London Probate District	Mathew Greene
East Haven-North Haven Probate District	Michael Brandt (Connecticut)
Greater Manchester Probate District	Michael Darby
Torrington Area Probate District	Michael Magistrali
Southeastern Corner Regional Probate District	Nicholas F. Kepple
Ellington Probate District	O. James Purnell, III
Bridgeport Probate District	Paul Ganim
Naugatuck Probate District	Peter Mariano
Wallingford Probate District	Philip Wright, Jr.
Hartford Probate District	Robert Killian, Jr.
Newington Probate District	Robert Randich
Tobacco Valley Probate District	Steven Zelman
West Hartford Probate District	Sydney Elkin
Waterbury Probate District	Thomas Brunnock
North Central Connecticut Probate District	Timothy R.E. Keeney
Berlin Probate District	Walter Clebowicz
Darien-New Canaan Probate District	William P. Osterndorf

Primary

The following probate court candidates ran in the primary on August 12, 2014:

Democratic primary for the Plainfield-Killingly Regional Probate District

• Andrea Truppa A
• Anna Zubkova

Republican primary for the Madison-Guilford Probate District

• William Bilcheck A
• Gail S. Kotowski

Process

Probate judges are chosen in partisan elections.

Qualifications

Probate judges must live in the district they serve and be a member of the state bar.

See also

• Connecticut judicial elections
• Judicial selection in Connecticut

External links

• Connecticut Secretary of State, "Elections and Voting"
• Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator, "Memo to Candidates for Probate Judge ," April 25, 2014

Footnotes

Connecticut courts

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Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut

State courts:

Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts

State resources:

Courts in Connecticut • Connecticut judicial elections • Judicial selection in Connecticut