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Northampton County Magisterial District Court 03-2-11
Tenure
Present officeholder
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017

Nick Englesson is a judge for the Northampton County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Englesson won the seat in the general election on November 7, 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]

Nick Englesson (D) defeated Jon Whittington (R) and Todd Nickischer (Independent) in the general election for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11.

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Nick Englesson 61.84% 1,042
     Republican Jon Whittington 30.98% 522
     Independent Todd Nickischer 6.94% 117
Write-in votes 0.24% 4
Total Votes 1,685
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Official Election Results," accessed December 20, 2017


Nick Englesson defeated Jon Whittington, Fredrick Lahovski Jr., and Will Power in the Democratic primary for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11.[2]

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Nick Englesson 51.33% 366
Jon Whittington 36.47% 260
Fredrick Lahovski Jr. 6.17% 44
Will Power 6.03% 43
Total Votes 713
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed May 16, 2017


Jon Whittington defeated Nick Englesson and Will Power in the Republican primary for the Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11.[3]

Northampton County Magisterial District 03-2-11, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jon Whittington 54.38% 118
Nick Englesson 37.33% 81
Will Power 7.37% 16
Write-in votes 0.92% 2
Total Votes 217
Source: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed 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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