GUILDERLAND — The two Democratic incumbents for town judge, Denise Randall and Richard Sherwood, face no challengers.

The town has three judges, each paid $51,170 annually.

Both Randall and Sherwood, along with the rest of the Democratic slate, have been endorsed by the Conservative and Independence parties.

The Enterprise asked them about these issues:

— Hours: What kind of time commitment does the position of judge involve? How many times do you go to court per month? If people are arrested in the middle of the night, does one of the three town justices go to the courtroom for arraignments, or do you have people held overnight and see them in the morning, or is it a combination of those alternatives? How do you decide which of the three of you will take a late-night arraignment?

— Philosophy: How do you run your courtroom? What are the most important principles that you adhere to?

— Recusal: What if someone you know comes before you? In what kind of situation would you recuse yourself?

— Repeat offenders: Are there people in court who you see over and over, who become familiar, and does this become exasperating? Do you think it’s OK to give harsher punishments to repeat offenders? What is your policy about repeat offenders, or people who are charged with, for instance, driving drunk to a court-mandated victim impact panel?

— Community service: What are your thoughts on giving community service instead of jail time? And how complicated is this issue? We recently interviewed the mother of a heroin addict who had been living under a bridge. The mother complained that a Guilderland judge had given her son community service. She had hoped for jail time, since she thought he might be able to get treatment that way. How often would you say you give alternative sentences, and in what kinds of cases? To what kinds of programs? Are you aware of programs offered at the county jail — which ones do you recommend or most often use?

— Sentencing: How often do you, as a judge, vary from a plea deal presented to you — to, for instance, say that it isn’t enough, and give more time than was agreed on? When there’s a wide spectrum of possible sentences, how do you decide where to come down — lighter, or heavier? For instance, there was a case in Guilderland Town Court about a year ago in which a jury in a misdemeanor trial had found a man guilty of assaulting his girlfriend; the district attorney had recommended nine months in jail and the maximum sentence possible was a year, but he got a fine and community service.