Natasha Taylor-Smith

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Natasha Taylor-Smith
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Tenure
2024 - Present
Term ends
2034
Years in position
1

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 7, 2023
Education
Bachelor's
Hampton University
Law
Temple University Law School
Contact

Natasha Taylor-Smith (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She assumed office on January 1, 2024. Her current term ends on January 2, 2034.

Taylor-Smith (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Education

Taylor-Smith received her undergraduate degree from Hampton University and her J.D. from Temple University Law School.[1]

Career

Taylor-Smith is a municipal attorney for Montgomery County. She previously ran her own private law practice. She has also been an adjunct professor at Temple University Law School.[1]

Elections

2023

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges Genece E. Brinkley, Joel S. Johnson, and Rayford A. Means filed to run for retention in 2023 but later withdrew.[2] As a result, 10 seats on the court were up in the primary election, but 13 seats were up in the general election on November 7, 2023. The Democratic Party nominated candidates James Eisenhower, Elvin Ross, and Raj Sandher to run for the additional three seats in the general election.[3]

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023)

General election

General election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (13 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tamika Washington
Tamika Washington (D) Candidate Connection
 
9.5
 
204,468
Image of Natasha Taylor-Smith
Natasha Taylor-Smith (D)
 
9.4
 
201,305
Image of Samantha Williams
Samantha Williams (D) Candidate Connection
 
8.9
 
190,770
Image of Kay Yu
Kay Yu (D) Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
184,310
Image of Brian McLaughlin
Brian McLaughlin (D) Candidate Connection
 
8.4
 
181,161
Chesley Lightsey (D)
 
8.2
 
175,248
John Padova Jr. (D)
 
7.7
 
165,392
Image of Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown (D) Candidate Connection
 
7.2
 
155,170
Image of Caroline Turner
Caroline Turner (D) Candidate Connection
 
7.1
 
152,850
Damaris Garcia (D)
 
6.6
 
141,108
James Eisenhower (D)
 
6.5
 
138,927
Elvin Ross (D)
 
6.0
 
128,519
Raj Sandher (D)
 
5.8
 
124,315
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
3,961

Total votes: 2,147,504
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (13 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on May 16, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Natasha Taylor-Smith
Natasha Taylor-Smith
 
10.3
 
145,242
Image of Tamika Washington
Tamika Washington Candidate Connection
 
9.3
 
130,896
Image of Samantha Williams
Samantha Williams Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
121,340
Image of Kay Yu
Kay Yu Candidate Connection
 
7.8
 
109,961
John Padova Jr.
 
7.2
 
100,946
Chesley Lightsey
 
6.5
 
91,646
Image of Brian McLaughlin
Brian McLaughlin Candidate Connection
 
6.2
 
87,367
Damaris Garcia
 
6.2
 
86,824
Image of Caroline Turner
Caroline Turner Candidate Connection
 
6.1
 
86,095
Image of Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown Candidate Connection
 
5.8
 
81,517
Image of Will Braveman
Will Braveman Candidate Connection
 
5.6
 
78,447
Image of Wade Albert
Wade Albert Candidate Connection
 
5.5
 
78,124
Image of Kenneth Joel
Kenneth Joel
 
5.0
 
69,900
Qawi Abdul-Rahman
 
3.9
 
54,810
Melissa Francis
 
3.5
 
48,868
Joe Green
 
2.7
 
38,524
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
865

Total votes: 1,411,372
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Taylor-Smith in this election.

2015

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2015

Pennsylvania's judicial elections included a primary on May 19, 2015, and a general election on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates was March 11, 2015.

The following candidates ran in the general election.

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Three seats, General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Risa Vetri Ferman 18.3% 84,008
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dan Clifford 17.8% 81,978
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Todd Eisenberg 17.7% 81,466
     Democratic Natasha Taylor-Smith 16.3% 74,916
     Republican Gregory Cirillo 15.4% 70,906
     Republican Stephen Heckman 14.5% 66,732
Write-in votes 0% 0
Total Votes 460,006
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial General Election Results," November 3, 2015


The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary.

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Three seats, Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Natasha Taylor-Smith 25.8% 22,576
Green check mark transparent.png Todd Eisenberg 23.9% 20,961
Green check mark transparent.png Dan Clifford 21.0% 18,345
Risa Vetri Ferman 16.1% 14,097
Stephen Heckman 6.6% 5,803
Gregory Cirillo 6.6% 5,740
Write-in votes 0% 0
Total Votes 87,522
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Primary Election Unofficial Report 2015," May 19, 2015

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary.

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Three seats, Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Risa Vetri Ferman 30.7% 23,318
Green check mark transparent.png Gregory Cirillo 22.0% 16,725
Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Heckman 21.7% 16,470
Todd Eisenberg 10.2% 7,774
Dan Clifford 10.1% 7,693
Natasha Taylor-Smith 5.3% 3,994
Write-in votes 0% 0
Total Votes 75,974
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Primary Election Unofficial Report 2015," May 19, 2015

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Natasha Taylor-Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

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