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James Hanley Jr. (Pennsylvania)
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2030
James Hanley Jr. is a judge for District Court 05-2-36 of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. His current term ends on January 7, 2030.
Hanley (Republican Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the District Court 05-2-36 judge of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023. He advanced from the Democratic primary on May 16, 2023. He advanced from the Republican primary on May 16, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2023)
General election
General election for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36
Incumbent James Hanley Jr. won election in the general election for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Hanley Jr. (R / D) | 98.1 | 4,065 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 79 | ||
| Total votes: 4,144 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36
Incumbent James Hanley Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36 on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Hanley Jr. | 97.9 | 2,584 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 55 | ||
| Total votes: 2,639 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36
Incumbent James Hanley Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-36 on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Hanley Jr. | 97.8 | 224 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 229 | |||
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Endorsements
Hanley received the following endorsements.
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]
Incumbent James Hanley Jr. ran unopposed in the general election. He was unopposed in the Democratic and Republican primaries. [2]
| Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-36, Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 James Hanley Jr. 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.[3][4]
Qualifications
A judge must be:
- a local resident for at least one year;[4]
- 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.[4]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Hanley Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed February 23, 2017
- ↑ Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Running for Office," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Courts, "How Judges Are Elected," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Pennsylvania; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
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