*Charles Merrell won the 2011 election along with fellow Democrats Patrick MacRae and David Magnarelli and Republican James McClusky. Information as of 2011.

Biography

Occupation: Lewis County Judge and Surrogate, Family Court Judge, Acting State Supreme Court Justice

Education: B.A. from St. Lawrence University, 1981; juris doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law, 1984

Family: wife, Susan R. Merrell, and four children

Community involvement: Assisted in construction of Operation Lowville playground; Served as president of Lowville Academy Alumni Association and assisted in the establishment of the Breeze Scholarship for graduates of Lowville Academy and Central School; member of the Lowville Lions Club, participating in numerous community activities for over the past twenty years and am the recipient of the 2008 Lowville Lions Club Citizen Award; Hosted and sponsored art shows for area schools in the Family Court for the past seven years; Hosted four foreign exchange students; Past Vestry Member and Member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Lowville; Past Board Member of the North Country Children’s Clinic; Past Board Member of the Community Recovery Center of Lewis County

Past Offices

Acting Supreme Court Justice, appointed by Fifth Judicial District Administrative Judge James C. Tormey (2007-present); Lewis County Drug Court and Family Treatment Court Judge (2005-present); Lewis County Judge, Surrogate and Family Court Judge (2003-present); Town Justice, Town of Lowville (1998-2002); Acting Village Justice, Town of Lowville (1999-2002)

Labor Endorsements

Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Construction Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO; AFL-CIO CNY Labor Council; Central and NNY Building and Construction Trades Council; Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Central New York United Auto Workers

Contact Information

PO Box 222, Lowville, N.Y., 13367