James Kevins

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James Kevins

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James Kevins was a candidate for the 11th Judicial District Supreme Court in New York. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Elections

2017

See also: New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017

New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 13, 2017.

The following candidates ran in the 11th District Supreme Court general election.

11th District Supreme Court, General Election (6 open seats), 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/Republican/Conservative	David Elliot Incumbent	17.03%	212,856
	Democratic/Republican/Conservative	Gregory Lasak Incumbent	16.03%	200,306
	Democratic/Republican/Conservative	Michael Aloise Incumbent	15.95%	199,338
	Democratic/Conservative	Jodi Orlow	12.77%	159,659
	Democratic	Richard G. Latin	12.61%	157,616
	Democratic	Ulysses Leverett	11.90%	148,753
	Republican/Conservative	Joseph Kasper	5.12%	64,013
	Republican	Woodruff Carroll	4.39%	54,888
	Republican	James Kevins	3.98%	49,742
		Write-in votes	0.22%	2,751
Total Votes				1,249,922
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "Official Election Results," accessed December 18, 2017

Judicial selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The 324 justices of the New York Supreme Court are elected to 14-year terms in partisan elections. To appear on the ballot, candidates must be chosen at partisan nominating conventions. Sitting judges wishing to serve an additional term must run for re-election.

The chief judge of the court of appeals appoints two chief administrative judges of the supreme court, one to supervise trial courts within New York City and one to supervise trial courts outside of the city.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:

• be a state resident;
• have had at least 10 years of in-state law practice;
• be at least 18 years old; and
• be under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).

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See also

Local courts	New York	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2017 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	New York elections, 2017 Judicial selection in New York Public policy in New York Endorsers in New York	Municipal elections, 2017 School board elections, 2017 Local ballot measure elections, 2017 Recall elections, 2017

External links

• New York State Unified Court System

Footnotes

New York courts

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Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York

State courts:

New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York