PANEPINTO SUPREME COURT FUNDRAISER SETS RECORD FOR NON-INCUMBENT JUDICIAL CANDIDATE IN WNY…The recent fundraiser for Eighth Judicial District Supreme Court candidate Catherine Nugent Panepinto raised more money than any judicial fundraiser for a non-incumbent in Erie County history. Introduced at the event by Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan, with Niagara County Democratic Chairman Dan Rivera in attendanc, Panepinto’s kick-off gathering at the City Grill clearly got her campaign off to an impressive start. A well known and popular Buffalo school board member, Panepinto serves as a confidential law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Tracey Bannister.