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Receiving the backing of the committee were: Matt Rosenbaum, incumbent state Supreme Court justice; Matt Hoose, incumbent Ontario County clerk; and James DeVaney and Michael John, incumbent candidates for coroner positions.“Our candidates have been in office serving their constituents in excellent fashion and we are proud to endorse them for new terms,” stated Trisha Turner, Ontario County GOP Committee chairwoman.Rosenbaum, who was Jurist of the Year in 2018, has served as a state Supreme Court justice since 2005 and is running for his second term. He also is endorsed by the Conservative Party.Since 2011, Rosenbaum has been supervising judge for Supreme Civil Courts and Commercial Courts and he has been Supervising judge for medical malpractice matters since 2012. He also has been first deputy statewide coordinator for medical malpractice matters since 2014.Active in his home Penfield community, Rosenbaum is a Little League parent, coach and board member; a board member of Congregation Beth Sholom; a member of the Italian American Sports Club; and a member of Trout Unlimited. He is married with four children.Hoose is seeking his third four-year term as county clerk. He was first elected in 2011 after serving 18 months as deputy county clerk and was re-elected in 2015. Prior to joining the clerk’s office, he served two years as an Ontario County corrections officer.DeVaney and John are both running for re-election for four-year terms as county coroners.DeVaney, owner of DeVaney-Bennett Funeral Home in Geneva, is a member of the Nester Hose Company of the Geneva Fire Department, the Geneva Historical Society Board of Trustees, the Geneva Chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Geneva Rotary Club. He is a graduate of DeSales High School, the Freeman Business Institute and the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming in Boston.John, who attended Rochester Institute of Technology, is entering his 18th year as a career firefighter with the Geneva Fire Department and is a 25-year member of the Nester Hose Company. He is a m...