Bob Rudy
Bob Rudy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 97. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Steven Mentzer defeated Bob Rudy in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steven Mentzer (R) | 61.7 | 23,846 |
 | Bob Rudy (D) | 38.1 | 14,732 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 38,627 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97
Bob Rudy advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Rudy | 99.7 | 4,050 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 4,062 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Steven Mentzer advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Mentzer | 99.6 | 6,910 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 6,937 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rudy in this election.
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 William E. Benner Jr. defeated Bob Rudy in the Democratic primary for the Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03.[2]
| Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03, Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 William E. Benner Jr. Incumbent |
69.55% | 370 |
| Bob Rudy | 30.45% | 162 |
| Total Votes | 532 | |
| Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Current Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017 | ||
Incumbent William E. Benner Jr. defeated Bob Rudy in the Republican primary for the Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03.[3]
| Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03, Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| William E. Benner Jr. Incumbent |
84.08% | 1,426 |
| Bob Rudy | 15.92% | 270 |
| Total Votes | 1,696 | |
| Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Current Election Results," 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.[4][5]
Qualifications
A judge must be:
- a local resident for at least one year;[5]
- 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.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Bob Rudy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed February 23, 2017
- ↑ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Candidate List," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Candidate List," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Courts, "How Judges Are Elected," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Pennsylvania; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
