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Christopher J. Cerski

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Montgomery County Magisterial District Court 38-1-03
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017


Christopher J. Cerski is a judge on the Montgomery 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 Christopher J. Cerski ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-03.[3]

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Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-03, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Christopher J. Cerski Incumbent
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Election," accessed May 16, 2017

2011

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Cerski was re-elected after running unopposed in 2011. He cross-filed with the Republican and Democratic parties.[4][5]

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.[6][7]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[7]
  • 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.[7]

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