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Greg Yorgey-Girdy
Greg Yorgey-Girdy (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. He assumed office on January 3, 2022. His current term ends on January 3, 2028.
Yorgey-Girdy (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Yorgey-Girdy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Yorgey-Girdy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, a law degree from Widener University in 2002, and a master's degree from Temple University’s Fox School of Business in 2019.[1]
Elections
2021
Philadelphia Municipal Court Judges Gerard A. Kosinski and Marsha H. Neifield filed to run for retention in 2021, but later withdrew.[2] 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.[3][4]
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 |
| ✔ | Fran McCloskey (D) | 20.1 | 140,486 | |
| ✔ | Michael Lambert (D) | 19.9 | 139,656 | |
| ✔ |  | George Twardy Jr. (D) | 19.9 | 139,044 |
| ✔ | Christian DiCicco (D) | 18.9 | 132,537 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 1,412 | ||
| 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 |
| ✔ | Michael Lambert | 27.0 | 92,500 | |
| ✔ | | George Twardy Jr. | 24.1 | 82,529 |
 | Barbara Thomson | 21.0 | 71,870 | |
| 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)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Greg Yorgey-Girdy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yorgey-Girdy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Greg will also work to expand the accessibility of our courts for all, particularly marginalized and compromised communities.
- As judge, Greg will work hard to ensure that every person gets their right to a fair hearing.
- Greg believes that the first step toward a fair justice system is to restore public trust in the system itself.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 15, 2021.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY FILED BY INCUMBENT JUDGES FOR RETENTION IN 2021," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ Philadelphia 3.0, "‘MAGIC SEAT’ JUDGES AND THE BROKEN CHAIN OF PARTY ACCOUNTABILITY," September 10, 2021
- ↑ Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, "Municipal and Special Election Philadelphia County," November 2, 2021
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