Hon. Bruce M. Balter

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<b>Bruce Balter</b> is a justice of the <a href="/New_York_Supreme_Court_2nd_Judicial_District" title="New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District">2nd Judicial District Supreme Court</a> in <a href="/Kings_County,_New_York_(Judicial)" title="Kings County, New York (Judicial)">Kings County</a>, <a href="/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>. First elected in 2003, he won re-election in the general election on <a href="/New_York_local_judicial_elections,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="New York local judicial elections, 2017">November 7, 2017</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>Balter previously served as a judge for the <a href="/New_York_City_Civil_Court" title="New York City Civil Court">New York City Civil Court</a> and the <a href="/New_York_Family_Courts" title="New York Family Courts">New York City Family Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2>
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<p>Balter earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College and a <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from Brooklyn Law School. His professional experience includes work as a court attorney-referee for the King’s County Surrogate’s Court.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2017">2017</span></h3>
<dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_York_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2017" title="New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017">New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl>
<p>New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 13, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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Incumbent <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bruce Balter</a> (Democratic/Republican/Conservative) and <a href="/Andrew_Borrok" title="Andrew Borrok">Andrew Borrok</a> (D) defeated <a href="/John_Bruno_(New_York)" title="John Bruno (New York)">John Bruno</a> (Republican/Conservative) in the 2nd District Supreme Court general election.</p><table width="500px" class="bptable gray collapsible" id="collapsibleTable0">
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<td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td>
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<td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100"></a> <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bruce Balter</a></b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td>
<td width="75" style="text-align:center">51.61%</td>
<td width="100" style="text-align:center">283,281</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td>
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<td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100"></a> <b><a href="/Andrew_Borrok" title="Andrew Borrok">Andrew Borrok</a></b> </td>
<td width="75" style="text-align:center">38.30%</td>
<td width="100" style="text-align:center">210,212</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td>
<td width="75px">Republican/Conservative </td>
<td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/John_Bruno_(New_York)" title="John Bruno (New York)">John Bruno</a> </td>
<td width="75" style="text-align:center">9.76%</td>
<td width="100" style="text-align:center">53,567</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"></td>
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<td width="275px" style="text-align:center">Write-in votes</td>
<td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.33%</td>
<td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,833</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td>
<td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>548,893</b></td></tr><tr>
<td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/election_results/2017/20171107General%20Election/00301400002Kings%20Justice%20of%20the%20Supreme%20Court%202nd%20Judicial%20District%20Recap.pdf"><i>New York City Board of Elections</i>, "Official Election Results," accessed December 18, 2017</a></td>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Selection_method">Selection method</span></h4>
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</p><p>The <a href="/Chief_judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief judge">chief judge</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-general_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-general-3">[3]</a></sup>
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