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New York is one of the few states that allows cross-filing for candidates in partisan elections. You can run in the primary for more than one party. The Democrats and Republican candidates will at times compete for the nomination of one of the minor parties, so that they can have that indication of their support on the ballot:"
In New York the main candidates are usually the Democratic and Republican nominees, and the support of various minor parties is demonstrated by winning their nomination as well. For example, Republican nominees often attempt to win the nomination of the Conservative Party of New York as well. One rare exception was in 1944, when New York Congressman Vito Marcantonio was successful in winning both the Republican and Democratic Party primaries, assuring his re-election.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-filingNew York is also unusual for electing judges in
partisan elections, rather than as non-partisan retention elections. So if a judge is running unopposed or with token opposition, presumably they enter the primary for all of the parties that appear on the ballot, which would explain why their names appear three times on the ballot. They are the candidate for all of the parties at once.
