Judicial Reports: Electioneering
By John Ennis
Posted: 09-29-06
The New York State Board of Elections publishes all contributions to any judicial campaign that has raised more than $1,000. Their Supreme Court database goes back to 1999. IJS has analyzed the contributions for all the judges currently sitting on the Supreme Court in the five boroughs of New York City. Here are the judges who have raised more than $25,000 since 1999:
Barbara Irolla Panepinto* $84,751.00
Judith Gische* $65,820.67
Douglas E. McKeon $54,085.00
Barbara R. Kapnick $46,278.00
Richard F. Braun $43,746.05
James G. Starkey $42,480.00
Rosalyn Richter $39,906.91
Doris Ling-Cohan $37,563.00
Louis B. York $36,516.00
Martin Schneier $34,859.87
Patricia M. Di Mango $33,423.00
Carol Robinson Edmead $27,819.54
Arthur M. Schack $26,603.00
Barry Salman $25,505.00
Robert J. Gigante $25,500.00
Laura Jacobson $25,407.29
Philip Straniere* $25,003.00
* Money was raised while running for Civil Court, but the judge is currently an Acting Supreme Court justice.
Source: New York State Board of Elections
Some notes:
Louis York’s campaign was self-financed. No other judge contributed more than 10% to the funding of their election bid.
Panepinto and Straniere are running this November, so their totals might continue to rise.
Supreme Court terms are 14 years. Secondly, many Acting Supreme Court justices have never run for office. Therefore, only 84 of the 300+ judges currently on the Supreme Court have received more than $1,000 in contributions since 1999. The median total among these 84 is approximately $9,500.
Now that the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed Lopez-Torres vs. New York State Board of Elections, these totals could soon seem quaint.
Posted by Ennis on September 29, 2006 08:40 AM to Judicial Reports