Nassau County District Court Judge - 2nd District (2 Seats Open)

DEMOCRATIC

Carlton, 65, of Valley Stream, is running on the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence and Tax Revolt party lines in the general election. Carlton was appointed to Nassau County District Court Judge, 2nd District in April 2019. Carlton has been a practicing founding partner in the personal injury law firm of Goldberg & Carlton in Manhattan since 1984. From 2010-2017, he served as a deputy attorney for the Village of Valley Stream. Carlton received his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University in 1979. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1980.

REPUBLICAN

Watson, 60,  of Hempstead, is running on the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Tax Revolt party lines in the general election. She became a Second District Court judge in Hempstead after she was appointed in January 2013 and won the election in November 2013. She received her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1985. Watson was admitted to the New York State bar and the Federal Courts, Eastern and Southern districts in 1987. She was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008.