1967 New York state election

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 a $2,500,000,000 transportation bond issue was approved by the voters.

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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 Appeals	Charles D. Breitel	2,188,084	Charles D. Breitel	2,099,274	Kenneth J. Mullane[4]	432,641	Charles D. Breitel	206,649
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Matthew J. Jasen	2,133,489	Matthew J. Jasen	2,041,076	Matthew J. Jasen	370,607	Matthew J. Jasen	197,037

Notes

"Breitel is Named to Appeals Court – Governor's Choice of Justice Here Gives Republicans a Majority of 4 to 3". New York Times. December 24, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
Madden, Richard L. (September 27, 1967). "State Will Vote on Constitution As a Single Item – Convention Ends – Democrats Win Final Battle of Six-Month Session in Albany". New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
Maiorana, Ronald (September 7, 1967). "Two Parties Back Court Nominees – Breitel and Jasen Are Given Bipartisan Endorsement". New York Times. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
"Kenneth J. Mullane, A Noted Lawyer, 68 – A Specialist in Wills and Estates, He Figured in Well-Known Case Involving Due-Process Rule". New York Times. October 15, 1977. p. 26. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

Sources

Official result: New Charter Lost by 2-Million Votes, New York Times, December 12, 1967, page 37. Accessed February 2, 2019.