James Crumlish III (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania)
Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!
2020 - Present
2030
5
James Crumlish III (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He assumed office on January 6, 2020. His current term ends on January 7, 2030.
Crumlish (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Crumlish completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Crumlish attended St. Thomas College in Minnesota and earned his B.A. from St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia in 1978. He earned his J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 1981. As of his 2019 campaign for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Crumlish had 35 plus years in public service, trial practice, and litigation in criminal, civil, appellate, and administrative agency law.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)
General election
General election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tiffany Palmer (D)  | 15.0 | 225,978 |
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Schultz (D) | 14.5 | 219,027 |
| ✔ |  | Anthony Kyriakakis (D) | 14.4 | 217,169 |
| ✔ | James Crumlish III (D) | 14.2 | 213,568 | |
| ✔ | Carmella Jacquinto (D) | 14.2 | 213,131 | |
| ✔ | Joshua Roberts (D) | 14.0 | 210,335 | |
| ✔ | Crystal Powell (D) | 13.7 | 206,091 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 779 | ||
| Total votes: 1,506,078 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2017
Crumlish filed to run for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, but withdrew his candidacy on March 21, 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.[2][3] 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.[2][4]
- 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.[2][5]
Qualifications
To serve on an appellate or general jurisdiction court, a judge must:[2]
- 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.[5]
2015
Crumlish filed to run for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas but withdrew his candidacy on April 1.[6]
2013
Crumlish ran for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.[7] He was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2013 after receiving 4.1% of the vote.[8]
Bar Association rating
Crumlish was rated as "recommended" by the Philadelphia Bar Association.[9]
- See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2013
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Crumlish III completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crumlish's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- Experience,Integrity and Competence.
- Fairness to all.
- Civility and humility with a firm hand to maintain the appearance and reality of justice.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 21, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Pennsylvania Code, "Chapter 7. Assignment of Judges," accessed September 3, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwithdraw - ↑ The Public Record, "Will Ethnic Vote Help Judicial Hopeful?" April 4, 2013
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial Election Returns - 2013 Municipal Primary, Court of Common Pleas"
- ↑ The Inquirer, "Philadelphia Bar Association backs 10 judge candidates," April 04, 2013
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
