Robert Bascom

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Robert Bascom was a candidate for the Centre County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Bascom was defeated in the primary election on May 16, 2017.

Bascom was appointed to the Centre County Magisterial District by Governor Tom Wolf (D) on June 13, 2016, but his nomination was never voted on by the state senate.[1][2]

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.[3]

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for the Centre County Magisterial District 49-02-01.[4]

Centre County Magisterial District 49-02-01, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Casey McClain 52.61% 1,612
Kristin Scipione 11.00% 337
Louis Lombardi 8.98% 275
Justin Bish 7.44% 228
Dave White 7.44% 228
Robert Bascom 6.33% 194
Robert Stewart 6.14% 188
Write-in votes 0.07% 2
Total Votes 3,064
Source: Centre County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Municipal Primary Accumulated Results," May 17, 2017


The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for the Centre County Magisterial District 49-02-01.[5]

Centre County Magisterial District 49-02-01, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dave White 21.24% 492
Robert Stewart 18.48% 428
Louis Lombardi 15.33% 355
Justin Bish 14.68% 340
Robert Bascom 14.25% 330
Casey McClain 10.88% 252
Kristin Scipione 4.49% 104
Write-in votes 0.65% 15
Total Votes 2,316
Source: Centre County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Municipal Primary Accumulated Results," May 17, 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.[6][7]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[7]
  • 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.[7]

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