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Charles R. Conway

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Charles R. Conway

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Westmoreland County Magisterial District Court 10-3-02
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017


Charles R. Conway is a judge of the Westmoreland County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania.[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 Charles R. Conway (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02.[3]

Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles R. Conway Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 4,566
Total Votes 4,566
Source: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, "Election Results," accessed November 7, 2017


Incumbent Charles R. Conway ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02.[4]

Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles R. Conway Incumbent (unopposed) 99.82% 1,137
Write-in votes 0.18% 2
Total Votes 1,139
Source: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017

Incumbent Charles R. Conway defeated Mike Ruane in the Republican primary for the Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02.[5]

Westmoreland County Magisterial District 10-3-02, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles R. Conway Incumbent 81.46% 1,331
Mike Ruane 18.36% 300
Write-in votes 0.18% 3
Total Votes 1,634
Source: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017

2011

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Conway ran unopposed for re-election on May 17, 2011, and won the primary with 100 percent of the vote from both the Republican and Democratic parties.[6] He was re-elected after running unopposed in the general election.[7]

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.[8][9]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[9]
  • 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.[9]

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