Robert Gavin in the Albany Times-Union reports that Christina Ryba, the winning Democratic candidate in the 3rd Judicial District election last week, was terminated by Appellate Division Presiding Justice Karen Peters, the day before the election, for alleged "ethical missteps." Now Republican chairs in Albany, Rensselaer, and Ulster counties want an investigation. "If the presiding justice does not believe Ms. Ryba should continue as a court employee and ordered her to be fired from the state court system, then how is it appropriate for Ms. Ryba to now serve as state Supreme Court judge?" said Rensselaer County Republican Committee Chairman John Rustin in a statement. The Republicans want the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate the newly elected judge. Ryba is the first African-American woman elected to the Supreme Court bench for Albany, Rensselaer, Ulster, Schoharie, Columbia, Greene, and Sullivan counties. Ryba's campaign manager Kathleen Campbell did not comment. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.