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Alicia Zito

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Northampton County Magisterial District Court 03-3-03
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017

Appointed

June 13, 2016

Alicia Zito is a judge of the Northampton County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Zito was appointed to the court by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf on June 13, 2016.[1]

Elections

2017

See also: Pennsylvania local trial court judicial elections, 2017

Pennsylvania held local judicial elections on November 7, 2017. A primary election occurred on May 16, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 7, 2017. Candidates and recently appointed judges of the Courts of Common Pleas must initially run in partisan elections. Subsequent terms are won through retention elections. Elections for the Magisterial District Courts are always partisan. Pennsylvania allows cross-filing for candidates running in partisan elections. Most candidates run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries.[2]

Incumbent Alicia Zito (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03.

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Alicia Zito Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 4,074
Total Votes 4,074
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Official Election Results," accessed December 20, 2017


The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03.[3]

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Alicia Zito Incumbent 35.23% 544
Jason Labar 18.01% 278
Ty Comunale 14.64% 226
Heather Fehnel 13.02% 201
Cody Hendershot 12.50% 193
Tony Lupo 6.22% 96
Write-in votes 0.39% 6
Total Votes 1,544
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed May 16, 2017


The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03.[4]

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-3-03, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Alicia Zito Incumbent 40.29% 695
Jason Labar 16.41% 283
Cody Hendershot 12.58% 217
Heather Fehnel 10.84% 187
Dominick Marraccini 7.88% 136
Tony Lupo 6.84% 118
Ty Comunale 5.04% 87
Write-in votes 0.12% 2
Total Votes 1,725
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed May 16, 2017

Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

Judges of the Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts are selected in partisan elections. They serve six-year terms. After their initial term, magistrates must run for new terms in contested races.[5][6]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[6]
  • a state bar member;*
  • no younger than 21; and
  • no older than 75.

*Magisterial district judges may alternatively pass a training course to sidestep the bar member requirement.[6]

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