Rainy Papademetriou
Rainy Papademetriou is a judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Her current term ends on January 7, 2036.
Papademetriou ran for re-election for judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She won in the retention election on November 4, 2025.
Education
Papdemetriou received a bachelor's degree in English from Salve Regina College and a J.D. from the Temple Law School.[1]
Career
Papademetriou is the managing attorney of Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, which is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services. She was previously the director of legal services at Women Against Abuse, and has served as an assistant district attorney for Philadelphia County.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2025)
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Rainy Papademetriou was retained to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 4, 2025 with 84.2% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
84.2
|
241,678 | ||
No |
15.8
|
45,366 | |||
Total Votes |
287,044 | ||||
|
|
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Papademetriou 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.
| Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, 12 seats, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kenneth J. Powell, Jr. Incumbent |
9.4% | 150,720 | |
| Democratic | Mia Roberts-Perez |
9.1% | 145,722 | |
| Democratic | Kai Scott |
8.9% | 143,461 | |
| Democratic | Tracy Brandeis-Roman |
8.8% | 141,304 | |
| Democratic | Abbe Fletman Incumbent |
8.7% | 140,026 | |
| Democratic | Lyris Younge |
8.3% | 133,420 | |
| Democratic | Stephanie M. Sawyer |
7.8% | 124,875 | |
| Democratic | Michael Fanning Incumbent |
7.5% | 119,823 | |
| Democratic | Chris Mallios |
7.5% | 119,757 | |
| Democratic | Daine A. Grey Jr. |
7.4% | 119,141 | |
| Democratic | Rainy Papademetriou |
7.3% | 117,702 | |
| Democratic | Scott Diclaudio |
7.0% | 112,577 | |
| Republican | Vincent Furlong | 2.3% | 36,186 | |
| Total Votes | 1,604,714 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial General Election Results," November 3, 2015 | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary.
Bar association rating
Papademetriou was recommended by the Philadelphia Bar Association.[2]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rainy Papademetriou did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellenic News of America, "Ourania “Rainy” Papademetriou, is running for a judicial position on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the May 2015 Primary," February 5, 2015
- ↑ Philadelphia Bar Association, "Philadelphia Bar Association Releases Final Ratings of Judicial Candidates for May 19 Primary Election," May 5, 2015
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
