Fran McCloskey

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Fran McCloskey

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Democratic Party

Philadelphia Municipal Court

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

3

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 2, 2021

Fran McCloskey (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. McCloskey assumed office on January 3, 2022. McCloskey's current term ends on January 3, 2028.

McCloskey (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. McCloskey won in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Elections

2021

Philadelphia Municipal Court Judges Gerard A. Kosinski and Marsha H. Neifield filed to run for retention in 2021, but later withdrew. As a result, three seats on the municipal court were up in the primary election, but five seats were up in the general election on November 2, 2021. The Democratic Party nominated candidates Christian DiCicco and Fran McCloskey to run for the additional two seats in the general election. Their names did not appear on the Democratic primary ballot.

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2021)

General election

General election for Philadelphia Municipal Court (5 seats)

Greg Yorgey-Girdy, Fran McCloskey, Michael Lambert, George Twardy Jr., and Christian DiCicco won election in the general election for Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Yorgey-Girdy (D)	21.0	146,913
✔	Submit photo	Fran McCloskey (D)	20.1	140,486
✔	Submit photo	Michael Lambert (D)	19.9	139,656
✔		George Twardy Jr. (D)	19.9	139,044
✔	Submit photo	Christian DiCicco (D)	18.9	132,537
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,412

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 700,048
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia Municipal Court (5 seats)

Greg Yorgey-Girdy, Michael Lambert, and George Twardy Jr. defeated Barbara Thomson in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia Municipal Court on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Yorgey-Girdy	27.9	95,468
✔	Submit photo	Michael Lambert	27.0	92,500
✔		George Twardy Jr.	24.1	82,529
		Barbara Thomson	21.0	71,870

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 342,367
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christian DiCicco (D)
• John Padova Jr. (D)
• Caroline Turner (D)
• Fran McCloskey (D)
• Rania Major (D)
• Sherrie Cohen (D)

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Fran McCloskey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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