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Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2030

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Appointed

June 13, 2016

Dan Butler is a judge for District Court 05-2-35 of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. His current term ends on January 7, 2030.

Butler (Republican Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the District Court 05-2-35 judge of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023. He advanced from the Democratic primary on May 16, 2023. He advanced from the Republican primary on May 16, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2023)

General election

General election for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35

Incumbent Dan Butler won election in the general election for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dan Butler (R / D)
 
98.7
 
14,905
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
197

Total votes: 15,102
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35

Incumbent Dan Butler advanced from the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35 on May 16, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dan Butler
 
98.3
 
9,229
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
157

Total votes: 9,386
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35

Incumbent Dan Butler advanced from the Republican primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-35 on May 16, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dan Butler
 
97.4
 
443
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.6
 
12

Total votes: 455
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Endorsements

Butler received the following endorsements.

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 Dan Butler (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35.[2]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dan Butler Incumbent (unopposed) 99.18% 9,659
Write-in votes 0.82% 80
Total Votes 9,739
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "2017 General Election Results," November 29, 2017


Incumbent Dan Butler defeated Abbie Campsie, Matthew Wholey, and Mark Sindler in the Democratic primary for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35.[3]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dan Butler Incumbent 41.47% 3,586
Abbie Campsie 26.58% 2,299
Matthew Wholey 24.38% 2,108
Mark Sindler 7.47% 646
Write-in votes 0.1% 9
Total Votes 8,648
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Official Primary Results," accessed August 11, 2017


Incumbent Dan Butler defeated Abbie Campsie and Mark Sindler in the Republican primary for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35.[4]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-35, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dan Butler Incumbent 45.51% 279
Abbie Campsie 28.87% 177
Mark Sindler 22.02% 135
Write-in votes 3.59% 22
Total Votes 613
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Official Primary Results," accessed August 11, 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.[5][6]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[6]
  • 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.[6]

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes