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The 1967 New York state election was held on November 7, 1967, to elect two judges to the New York Court of Appeals. In addition, a revised State Constitution was proposed, and rejected; and the voters approved a $2,500,000,000 transportation bond issue.
Background
Stanley H. Fuld had been elected Chief Judge in 1966. On December 23, 1966, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller appointed Appellate Justice Charles D. Breitel, a Republican, to the seat vacated by Fuld, effective January 1, 1967, to fill the vacancy temporarily.Breitel is Named to Appeals Court – Governor's Choice of Justice Here Gives Republicans a Majority of 4 to 3 https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/24/archives/breitel-is-named-to-appeals-court-governors-choice-of-justice-here.html New York Times December 24, 1966 1 February 2, 2019
Judge John Van Voorhis would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.
The State Constitutional Convention met between April and September 1967, and decided to submit the revised Constitution in one piece to the voters for ratification.Madden Richard L. State Will Vote on Constitution As a Single Item – Convention Ends – Democrats Win Final Battle of Six-Month Session in Albany https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F16FD395C107B93C5AB1782D85F438685F9 New York Times September 27, 1967 1 February 2, 2019
Nominations
The Republican and Democratic state committees met on September 6 at Albany, New York, and cross-endorsed the incumbent Republican Judge Charles D. Breitel and the Democratic Supreme Court Justice Matthew J. Jasen, of Buffalo.Maiorana Ronald Two Parties Back Court Nominees – Breitel and Jasen Are Given Bipartisan Endorsement https://www.nytimes.com/1967/09/07/archives/two-parties-back-court-nominees-breiter-and-jasen-are-given.html New York Times September 7, 1967 40 February 2, 2019
Breitel refused to accept the Conservative endorsement, so they nominated Kenneth J. Mullane.
Result
The jointly nominated candidates were elected.
The incumbent Breitel was re-elected.
+ 1967 state election result Office Republican ticket Democratic ticket Conservative ticket Liberal ticket Judge of the Court of AppealsCharles D. Breitel 2,188,084Charles D. Breitel 2,099,274Kenneth J. MullaneKenneth J. Mullane, A Noted Lawyer, 68 – A Specialist in Wills and Estates, He Figured in Well-Known Case Involving Due-Process Rule https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/15/archives/kenneth-j-mullane-a-noted-lawyer-68-a-specialist-in-wills-and.html New York Times October 15, 1977 26 February 2, 2019 432,641Charles D. Breitel 206,649 Judge of the Court of AppealsMatthew J. Jasen 2,133,489Matthew J. Jasen 2,041,076Matthew J. Jasen 370,607Matthew J. Jasen 197,037
See also
New York state elections
Notes
Sources
Official result: New Charter Lost by 2-Million Votes, New York Times, December 12, 1967, page 37. Accessed February 2, 2019.
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