Stephen A. Bucaria
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Stephen A. Bucaria
New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District
Tenure
Present officeholder
Education
Stephen A. Bucaria is a justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court in the 10th Judicial District of New York. He was elected to this position in 1996 and was re-elected in 2010 to a term ending in 2023.[1]
Education
Judge Bucaria received a B.A. degree from Fairfield University in 1970, an M.A. degree from S.U.N.Y. at Albany in 1971, and a J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1976.[2][1]
Career
Prior to receiving his law degree, Bucaria worked as a legislative assistant. He then worked in the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. From 1979 to 1987, he was a private practice lawyer. After that, he was a law secretary until 1993, when he was elected to the Nassau County District Court. He was first elected to the Supreme Court Justice in 1995 and re-elected on November 3, 2009.[1][2][3]
2009 election
Bucaria was re-elected to the court in 2009.[4]
| Candidate | Incumbent | Seat | Party | Election % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randall Hinrichs  |
No | 10th District | Democratic, Republican, Conservative | 12.6% | |
| H. Patrick Leis III |
Yes | 10th District | Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence | 13.1% | |
| Elizabeth H. Emerson |
Yes | 10th District | Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence, Working Families | 13.6% | |
| Stephen A. Bucaria |
Yes | 10th District | Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence | 13% | |
| Thomas P. Phelan |
Yes | 10th District | Republican, Conservative | 7.6% | |
| Robert A. Bruno |
No | 10th District | Republican, Conservative | 7.8% | |
| James P. McCormack | No | 10th District | Democratic, Independence, Working Families | 6.6% | |
| David Goodsell | No | 10th District | Democratic, Independence, Working Families | 6.2% | |
| Daniel W. Donnelly | No | 10th District | Independence | >1% | |
| Andrew L. Spence | No | 10th District | Working Families | >1% | |
| Barbara Byrne | No | 10th District | Working Families | >1% | |
| Stephanie G. Ovadia | No | 10th District | Working Families | >1% |
