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Cumberland County Magisterial District Court 09-3-01
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017


Anthony Adams is a judge on the Cumberland County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania.

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.[1]

Incumbent Anthony Adams (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01.[2]

Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Tony Adams Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 1,590
Total Votes 1,590
Source: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, "Election Summary Report," accessed November 7, 2017


Incumbent Anthony Adams defeated Bryan Ruth in the Democratic primary for the Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01.[3]

Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Tony Adams Incumbent 56.81% 267
Bryan Ruth 43.19% 203
Total Votes 470
Source: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Municipal Primary, Election Night Results," accessed May 16, 2017


Incumbent Anthony Adams defeated Bryan Ruth in the Republican primary for the Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01.[4]

Cumberland County Magisterial District 09-3-01, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Tony Adams Incumbent 59.72% 519
Bryan Ruth 40.28% 350
Total Votes 869
Source: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Municipal Primary, Election Night Results," accessed May 16, 2017

2011

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Adams won both parties primaries on May 17. He received 98.7 percent in the Democratic primary and 98.3 percent of the vote in the Republican primary.[5] He was elected after running unopposed on November 8, 2011.[6]

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.[7][8]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[8]
  • 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.[8]

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