Clark Steele

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Clark Steele

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Clark Steele was a candidate for a judgeship on the Perry County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Steele was defeated in the primary election on May 16, 2017.

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 Daniel R. L. McGuire defeated Clark Steele in the Democratic primary for the Perry County Magisterial District 41-3-03.[2]

Perry County Magisterial District 41-3-03, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel R. L. McGuire Incumbent 59.87% 276
Clark Steele 40.13% 185
Total Votes 461
Source: Perry County, Pennsylvania, "Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017


Incumbent Daniel R. L. McGuire defeated Clark Steele in the Republican primary for the Perry County Magisterial District 41-3-03.[3]

Perry County Magisterial District 41-3-03, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel R. L. McGuire Incumbent 52.41% 805
Clark Steele 47.59% 731
Total Votes 1,536
Source: Perry County, Pennsylvania, "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]

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