New York Supreme Court 6th Judicial District
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New York Supreme Court 6th Judicial District
The 6th District of the New York Supreme Court is one of thirteen judicial districts in the state of New York.[1]
Justices
Broome County
Chemung County
No supreme court judges as of November 1, 2019.[2]
Chenango County
- Joseph A. McBride[2]
Cortland County
Delaware County
No supreme court judges as of November 1, 2019.[2]
Madison County
Otsego County
Schuyler County
No supreme court judges as of November 1, 2019.[2]
Tioga County
Tompkins County
- Joseph A. McBride[2]
- John C. Rowley*[6]
*Acting Justices
Elections
- See also: New York judicial elections
New York is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in New York, click here.
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- New York judicial elections, 2015
- New York judicial elections, 2014
- New York judicial elections, 2013
- New York judicial elections, 2012
- New York judicial elections, 2011
- New York judicial elections, 2010
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.[7]
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.[7]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:[7]
- 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).
Election rules
Primary election
Closed primary elections are held to allow members of political parties to select their respective candidates. The candidate who wins the Democratic primary, for example, will go on to be the Democratic nominee in the general election. Independent candidates may also run in the general election, bypassing the primary.[8] If a candidate cross-files, he or she could run in the general election as a Democratic Party candidate, as well as a candidate for one or more other parties.
According to statute, candidates for the supreme courts are chosen indirectly through delegates. Voters elect convention delegates in the primary election, and the delegates choose the supreme court candidates who will be on the general election ballot.[9][10]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Courts, "6th Judicial District"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 New York Courts, "New York 6th Judicial District Directory," accessed November 1, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New York Courts, "New York 6th Judicial District Directory"
- ↑ New York Courts, "Cortland County Supreme Court page"
- ↑ New York Courts, "Otsego County Supreme Court"
- ↑ New York Courts, "New York 6th Judicial District Directory," 2012 (Scroll to p. 39)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: New York," archived March 8, 2013
- ↑ NYC Board of Elections, "Guide to NYC Elections," accessed December 27, 2016
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Judicial Selection in the States: New York," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "2014 Election Law," accessed May 23, 2014