Jonathan Pietrowski

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Jonathan Pietrowski

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Jonathan Pietrowski was a candidate for a judgeship on the Lackawanna County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Pietrowski was defeated in the primary election on May 16, 2017.

Elections

2017

See also: Pennsylvania local trial court judicial 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.[1]

George Seig defeated Fred Rinaldi, Jonathan Pietrowski, and John Novak in the Democratic primary for the Lackawanna County Magisterial District 45-1-01.[2]

Lackawanna County Magisterial District 45-1-01, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png George Seig 51.22% 1,745
Fred Rinaldi 31.76% 1,082
Jonathan Pietrowski 9.22% 314
John Novak 7.72% 263
Write-in votes 0.09% 3
Total Votes 3,407
Source: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, "Municipal Primary Election," May 16, 2017


George Seig defeated Fred Rinaldi, Jonathan Pietrowski, and John Novak in the Republican primary for the Lackawanna County Magisterial District 45-1-01.[3]

Lackawanna County Magisterial District 45-1-01, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png George Seig 59.59% 1,013
Fred Rinaldi 25.88% 440
Jonathan Pietrowski 7.82% 133
John Novak 6.59% 112
Write-in votes 0.12% 2
Total Votes 1,700
Source: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, "Municipal Primary Election," May 16, 2017

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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