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Danyl Patterson
Danyl Patterson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 190. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Patterson was a candidate for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Patterson was defeated in the primary election on May 16, 2017.
Elections
2020
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190
Amen Brown defeated Wanda Logan in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amen Brown (D) | 94.7 | 27,869 |
 | Wanda Logan (R) | 5.3 | 1,555 | |
| Total votes: 29,424 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190
Amen Brown defeated incumbent G. Roni Green, Danyl Patterson, and Van Stone in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amen Brown | 43.1 | 5,996 |
 | G. Roni Green | 38.9 | 5,406 | |
| Danyl Patterson | 13.3 | 1,843 | ||
| Van Stone | 4.8 | 662 | ||
| Total votes: 13,907 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Theodore Smith (D)
- Roi Ligon Jr. (D)
- Mike Horsey (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190
Wanda Logan advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 190 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda Logan | 100.0 | 135 |
| Total votes: 135 | |||
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Campaign finance
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]
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for nine open seats on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.[2]
| Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Stella Tsai Incumbent |
7.73% | 63,980 |
| Viktoria Kristiansson |
7.57% | 62,656 |
| Lucretia Clemons Incumbent |
5.68% | 47,015 |
| Deborah D. Cianfrani |
5.30% | 43,838 |
| Zac Shaffer |
4.79% | 39,633 |
| Deborah Canty |
4.74% | 39,239 |
| Shanese Johnson |
4.45% | 36,792 |
| Mark B. Cohen |
4.41% | 36,461 |
| Vincent Furlong Incumbent |
4.34% | 35,904 |
| Jennifer Schultz | 4.14% | 34,224 |
| Daniel Sulman Incumbent | 4.11% | 33,984 |
| Leon Goodman | 4.03% | 33,338 |
| Wendi Barish | 3.85% | 31,831 |
| Henry McGregor Sias | 3.81% | 31,526 |
| Rania Major | 3.67% | 30,393 |
| John Macoretta | 3.60% | 29,829 |
| David Conroy | 3.44% | 28,453 |
| Brian McLaughlin | 3.17% | 26,214 |
| Crystal Powell | 2.99% | 24,756 |
| Vincent Melchiorre Incumbent | 2.94% | 24,360 |
| Lawrence Bozzelli | 2.88% | 23,862 |
| Danyl Patterson | 2.00% | 16,582 |
| Terri Booker | 1.71% | 14,176 |
| Leonard Deutchman | 1.52% | 12,590 |
| Mark Moore | 1.49% | 12,305 |
| Jon Marshall | 0.92% | 7,584 |
| William Rice | 0.72% | 5,985 |
| Total Votes | 827,510 | |
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Primary Judge of the Court of Common Pleas," accessed May 16, 2017 | ||
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The 439 judges of the court of common pleas are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections. Candidates may cross-file with both political parties for the partisan primaries, which are followed by general elections where the primary winners from each party compete.[3][4] Judges must run in yes-no retention elections if they wish to continue serving after their first term. A separate part of the ballot is designated for these elections, and judges' names appear without respect to party affiliation.[3][5]
- The president judge of each Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas is chosen by either peer vote or seniority, depending on the size of the court. Statewide, all courts composed of more than seven individuals must select their chief judge by peer vote. Those with seven or fewer members select their chief by seniority.[3][6]
Qualifications
To serve on an appellate or general jurisdiction court, a judge must:[3]
- have state residence for at least one year;
- be a district resident for at least one year (for common pleas judges);
- be a member of the state bar; and
- be under the age of 75.
While retirement at 75 is mandatory, judges may apply for senior judge status. Senior judges may serve as such until the last day of the calendar year in which they turn 78.[6]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Danyl Patterson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed February 23, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Candidate Database," accessed March 20, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Pennsylvania," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ The Morning Call, "Ban Cross-filing As One Step," January 24, 1985
- ↑ The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, "In Re: Nomination Papers of Marakay Rogers, Christina Valente and Carl J. Romanelli," November 7, 2006
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Pennsylvania Code, "Chapter 7. Assignment of Judges," accessed September 3, 2014
