NORWICH – Hundreds crowded into the Chenango County Courthouse Tuesday as local attorney Frank Revoir Jr. was sworn in as Chenango County, Family and Surrogate Court Judge, a position which carries a ten-year term.

Revoir replaces outgoing Chenango County Court Judge W. Howard Sullivan, who retired at year’s end. Revoir was elected to the judgeship following a lengthy and hotly-contested race which saw more than 17,000 county residents turn out to vote. In the general election, he beat out fellow attorney Diane DiStefano – running on the Democratic and Working Families party lines – for the position, garnering a 61 percent majority (10,521 votes) to DiStefano’s 38 percent (6,565 votes). In September’s primary, Revoir won all three party lines – Republican, Conservative and Independence – defeating challengers Joseph McBride and DiStefano.