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Eric Schrantz
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Eric Schrantz is a judge on the Carbon County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. He was nominated to the court by Governor Tom Wolf (D) and was approved by the state senate in July 2016. He took office on August 4, 2016.[1] Schrantz ran unopposed for his seat in the Democratic and Republican primaries in 2017.
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 Eric Schrantz ran unopposed in the general election. He was unopposed in the Democratic and Republican primaries. [3]
| Carbon County Magisterial District 56-3-01, Primary Election, 2017 | ||
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 Eric Schrantz Incumbent | ||
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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Footnotes
- ↑ Times News, "Schrantz sworn in as new district judge," August 5, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed February 23, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia:Anna Wendland, "Email communication with Carbon County, Pennsylvania," April 6, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Courts, "How Judges Are Elected," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Pennsylvania; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania
State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania judicial elections • Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
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