Some voters don't even fill in any choices for down - ballot races
like judicial seats due to a lack of familiarity with the candidates.
Wendy has a law degree; she can be nominated for some lost -
cause judicial seat and badabing, the line is Turner's.
Members of the all - Democratic City Council in suburban White Plains rewarded their party's well - connected chairwoman with a plum six -
figure judicial seat — even though she was too sickly to work, critics charge.
State courts fare only slightly better than Federal Courts with an average of 27 %
of judicial seats held by women.
In 2010, Conservative Party gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio was nominated for
a judicial seat after he withdrew his name from the race for governor upon losing the Republican primary.
On another issue, Heastie invoked Hillary Clinton to defend the much - criticized scheme that allowed former Bronx DA Robert Johnson to resign to run for
a judicial seat just days after winning his Democratic Party primary re-election bid.
Interestingly, Stanbury was co-counsel a while ago in a case with attorney John Dehen, who is running for
a judicial seat against incumbent Judge Robert Varco in the 10th Judicial District.