Matthew Rudzki
Matthew Rudzki (Democratic Party) is a judge-elect of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He assumes office on January 5, 2026.
Rudzki (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2025)
General election
General election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (8 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amanda Green-Hawkins (D) | 10.5 | 237,025 |
| ✔ |  | Heather Schmidt Bresnahan (D) | 10.1 | 228,549 |
| ✔ |  | Quita Bridges (D) | 10.1 | 227,486 |
| ✔ |  | Jaime Hickton (D)  | 10.0 | 225,179 |
| ✔ |  | Matthew Rudzki (D) | 9.9 | 222,983 |
| ✔ | Anthony DeLuca (D / R) | 9.2 | 208,999 | |
| ✔ | Julie Capone (D / R) | 9.1 | 206,220 | |
| ✔ |  | Dan Miller (D / R) | 9.1 | 204,882 |
 | Michele Santicola (R) | 5.1 | 114,353 | |
 | Alyssa Cowan (R) | 4.5 | 101,289 | |
 | Bryan Neft (R) | 4.3 | 96,281 | |
| Jackie Obara (R) | 4.2 | 95,388 | ||
| Sarra Terry (R) | 4.0 | 90,563 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3,343 | ||
| Total votes: 2,262,540 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (8 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 20, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amanda Green-Hawkins | 9.0 | 93,877 |
| ✔ | | Dan Miller | 7.7 | 80,797 |
| ✔ | | Quita Bridges | 7.7 | 80,713 |
| ✔ | Julie Capone | 7.5 | 78,093 | |
| ✔ | Anthony DeLuca | 7.3 | 76,295 | |
| ✔ | | Heather Schmidt Bresnahan | 7.0 | 72,780 |
| ✔ | | Jaime Hickton | 6.1 | 64,112 |
| ✔ | | Matthew Rudzki | 5.5 | 57,354 |
| Alyssa Cowan | 5.3 | 55,302 | |
 | Lauren Leiggi | 4.1 | 42,586 | |
| Amy Mathieu | 3.7 | 38,708 | ||
| Michele Santicola | 3.2 | 33,416 | |
| Carmen Robinson | 3.0 | 31,480 | ||
| Sarra Terry | 2.9 | 30,439 | ||
| Bryan Neft | 2.7 | 28,661 | |
 | Ilan Zur | 2.7 | 28,566 | |
| Craig Stephens | 2.7 | 27,713 | ||
| Hilary Wheatley | 2.6 | 27,488 | ||
 | Mike Sullivan | 2.6 | 27,277 | |
| Elizabeth Hughes | 2.5 | 26,114 | ||
| Jackie Obara | 2.4 | 25,210 | ||
| Dennis Very | 1.4 | 15,081 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,437 | ||
| Total votes: 1,043,499 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (8 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 20, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Capone | 16.7 | 32,612 | |
| ✔ | | Michele Santicola | 16.0 | 31,361 |
| ✔ | Jackie Obara | 15.2 | 29,854 | |
| ✔ | Sarra Terry | 14.1 | 27,547 | |
| ✔ | | Dan Miller | 12.4 | 24,289 |
| ✔ | | Alyssa Cowan | 11.1 | 21,655 |
| ✔ | Anthony DeLuca (Write-in) | 3.3 | 6,397 | |
| ✔ | | Bryan Neft (Write-in) | 3.1 | 6,138 |
| Dennis Very (Write-in) | 3.1 | 6,001 | ||
| Ilan Zur (Write-in) | 3.0 | 5,792 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 4,148 | ||
| Total votes: 195,794 | |||
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Endorsements
Rudzki received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Matthew Rudzki did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas |
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Footnotes
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
