Brian Malkin
Brian Malkin (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 18, 2021.
Malkin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brian Malkin was born in Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree from Washington and Jefferson College in 1990 and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1993. His professional experience includes working as a patent attorney at Ference & Associates. Malkin has been affiliated with Stonewall Steel City Democrats.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2021)
General election
General election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (10 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nicola Henry-Taylor (D) | 6.9 | 153,174 |
| ✔ | Tiffany Sizemore (D) | 6.8 | 151,134 | |
| ✔ |  | Elliot Howsie (D)  | 6.8 | 150,872 |
| ✔ |  | Wrenna Watson (D) | 6.8 | 149,859 |
| ✔ | Chelsa Wagner (D) | 6.7 | 148,534 | |
| ✔ |  | Lisa Middleman (R / D) | 6.7 | 147,452 |
| ✔ | Thomas P. Caulfield (D) | 6.6 | 147,367 | |
| ✔ |  | Sabrina Korbel (R / D) | 6.6 | 147,303 |
| ✔ |  | Bruce Beemer (R / D) | 6.4 | 141,948 |
| ✔ | Jessel Costa (D) | 6.4 | 140,773 | |
| Anthony DeLuca (R) | 5.0 | 110,422 | ||
 | Joseph Patrick Murphy (R) | 4.6 | 103,004 | |
| Mark Patrick Flaherty (R) | 4.6 | 102,482 | ||
 | William Caye II (R) | 4.5 | 99,217 | |
| Daniel J. Konieczka Jr. (R) | 4.4 | 97,283 | ||
| Chuck Porter (R) | 4.3 | 95,305 | ||
| Rick Hosking (R) | 3.8 | 85,111 | ||
 | Richard Weiss (G) | 1.9 | 41,948 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3,066 | ||
| Total votes: 2,216,254 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (10 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 18, 2021.
| Total votes: 1,148,248 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (10 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 18, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Patrick Murphy | 7.2 | 26,247 |
| ✔ | | Bruce Beemer | 5.8 | 21,139 |
| ✔ | Anthony DeLuca | 5.6 | 20,567 | |
| ✔ | Daniel J. Konieczka Jr. | 5.5 | 20,266 | |
| ✔ | | William Caye II | 5.2 | 19,115 |
| ✔ | Chuck Porter | 5.2 | 18,989 | |
| ✔ | | Sabrina Korbel | 5.2 | 18,861 |
| ✔ | Mark Patrick Flaherty | 4.9 | 17,899 | |
| ✔ | | Lisa Middleman | 4.0 | 14,694 |
| Matt Rogers | 3.9 | 14,165 | ||
| Pauline Calabrese | 3.8 | 14,065 | ||
| Elliot Howsie | 3.5 | 12,810 | |
| Marc Daffner | 3.5 | 12,643 | ||
| Ryan Hemminger | 3.1 | 11,506 | ||
| Jimmy Sheets | 3.1 | 11,309 | ||
| Andrew Szefi | 3.1 | 11,211 | ||
| Thomas P. Caulfield | 3.0 | 10,957 | ||
 | Beth Tarasi Sinatra | 2.9 | 10,743 | |
| Albert Veverka | 2.9 | 10,559 | ||
 | Patrick A. Sweeney | 2.9 | 10,446 | |
| Jason Cervone | 2.6 | 9,545 | ||
| Chelsa Wagner | 2.6 | 9,330 | ||
| Jessel Costa | 2.2 | 7,886 | ||
 | Ilan Zur | 1.9 | 6,921 | |
| Wrenna Watson | 1.7 | 6,167 | |
| Mik Pappas | 1.5 | 5,651 | ||
| Richard Thomas Ernsberger | 1.5 | 5,366 | ||
| Zeke Rediker | 0.9 | 3,205 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 3,188 | ||
| Total votes: 365,450 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Malkin's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
2019
See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2019)
General election
General election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Mary McGinley won election in the general election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mary McGinley (D / R) | 99.3 | 237,619 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,730 | ||
| Total votes: 239,349 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Mary McGinley defeated Richard Joyce, George Heym, and Brian Malkin in the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mary McGinley | 75.5 | 79,444 | |
| Richard Joyce | 9.1 | 9,586 | ||
| George Heym | 8.9 | 9,366 | ||
 | Brian Malkin | 6.2 | 6,574 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 245 | ||
| Total votes: 105,215 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Malkin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Malkin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Criminal Justice Reform - End cash bail for non-violent offenders, No Knock-Warrants must be eliminated, End solitary confinement
- Fairness and Equity - Regardless of income, race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or identification
- Eliminate Bias - Courts need to serve every community
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2019
Brian Malkin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 9, 2021
Federal courts:
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State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
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