Sherrie Cohen (Pennsylvania)

Sherrie Cohen

Democratic Party

Candidate, Philadelphia Municipal Court

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Sherrie Cohen (Democratic Party) is running for election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. Cohen is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. Cohen advanced from the Democratic primary on May 20, 2025.

Cohen also ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Cohen did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on May 20, 2025.

Elections

2025

Court of common pleas

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2025)

General election

General election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (9 seats)

The following candidates are running in the general election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Will Braveman (D)
	Submit photo	Irina Ehrlich (D)
		Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D)
		Kia Ghee (D)
		Sarah Jones (D)
	Submit photo	Leon King II (D)
	Submit photo	Brian Kisielewski (D)
	Submit photo	Anthony Stefanski (D)
		Deborah Watson-Stokes (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (9 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on May 20, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Will Braveman	11.2	103,441
✔		Sarah Jones	11.2	103,042
✔		Deborah Watson-Stokes	11.0	100,952
✔		Kia Ghee	10.7	98,632
✔	Submit photo	Irina Ehrlich	10.7	98,458
✔		Lawrence M. Farnese Jr.	10.7	98,327
✔	Submit photo	Leon King II	10.0	92,483
✔	Submit photo	Brian Kisielewski	9.5	87,162
✔	Submit photo	Anthony Stefanski	8.2	75,539
		Taniesha Henry	6.6	61,041
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,484

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 920,561
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Elliott Williams (D)
• Sherrie Cohen (D)
• Qawi Abdul-Rahman (D)
• Michael Parkinson (D)
• Mike Huff (D) (Unofficially withdrew)

Endorsements

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• Working Families Party

Municipal court

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2025)

General election

General election for Philadelphia Municipal Court (3 seats)

Sherrie Cohen, Amanda Davidson, and Cortez Patton are running in the general election for Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Sherrie Cohen (D)
		Amanda Davidson (D)
	Submit photo	Cortez Patton (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia Municipal Court (3 seats)

Amanda Davidson, Sherrie Cohen, and Cortez Patton defeated Shawn Page and Qawi Abdul-Rahman in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia Municipal Court on May 20, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Davidson	32.0	101,702
✔		Sherrie Cohen	21.7	69,136
✔	Submit photo	Cortez Patton	20.0	63,745
	Submit photo	Shawn Page	15.6	49,571
	Submit photo	Qawi Abdul-Rahman	10.5	33,434
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	662

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 318,250
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mike Huff (D) (Unofficially withdrew)

Endorsements

Cohen received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

• Working Families Party

2023

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

General election

General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Isaiah Thomas (D)	16.8	197,642
✔		Katherine Richardson (D)	16.1	189,917
✔		Nina Ahmad (D)	15.7	184,332
✔	Submit photo	Rue Landau (D)	14.9	175,976
✔	Submit photo	Jim Harrity (D)	13.1	153,839
✔		Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party)	7.1	83,616
✔		Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party)	5.9	70,062
		Drew Murray (R)	5.1	60,277
	Submit photo	Jim Hasher (R)	5.1	60,274
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,622

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,177,557
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Grisafi (R)
• Frank Cristinzio (R)
• Mary Kelly (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Isaiah Thomas	12.7	107,315
✔		Katherine Richardson	11.1	93,418
✔	Submit photo	Rue Landau	9.0	75,798
✔		Nina Ahmad	7.9	66,689
✔	Submit photo	Jim Harrity	6.2	52,323
	Submit photo	Eryn Santamoor	5.6	47,410
		Amanda McIllmurray	5.5	46,379
	Submit photo	Erika Almiron	5.1	43,029
		Sherrie Cohen	3.9	32,430
	Submit photo	Job Itzkowitz	3.3	27,648
	Submit photo	Melissa Robbins	2.9	24,523
	Submit photo	Deshawnda Williams	2.7	22,506
		Luz Colon	2.6	21,917
	Submit photo	Donavan West	2.6	21,830
	Submit photo	John Kelly	2.5	21,153
	Submit photo	Jalon Alexander	2.0	16,628
	Submit photo	Qiana Shedrick	2.0	16,422
	Submit photo	Abu Edwards	1.8	15,105
		Michelle Prettyman	1.7	14,720
	Submit photo	Naderah Griffin	1.5	12,354
	Submit photo	Derwood Selby	1.4	11,952
	Submit photo	Charles Reyes	1.3	11,301
	Submit photo	Wayne Dorsey	1.2	10,378
		Ogbonna Hagins	0.9	7,403
	Submit photo	Christopher Booth	0.9	7,195
	Submit photo	George Stevenson	0.8	7,023
	Submit photo	Curtis Segers III	0.7	6,064
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	957

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 841,870
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Daniel Orsino (D)
• Clayton Prince (D)
• Max Tuttleman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Drew Murray	18.7	10,584
✔	Submit photo	Frank Cristinzio	18.6	10,518
✔		Gary Grisafi	16.6	9,369
✔	Submit photo	Jim Hasher	16.5	9,333
✔	Submit photo	Mary Kelly	15.5	8,751
		Sam Oropeza	13.3	7,527
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	408

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,490
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Endorsements

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2021

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges Gary S. Glazer, James Murray Lynn, Arnold L. New, and Robert J. Rebstock filed to run for retention in 2021, but later withdrew. As a result, eight seats on the court were up in the primary election, but 12 seats were up in the general election on November 2, 2021. The Democratic Party nominated candidates Monica Gibbs, Leanne Litwin, Mark Moore, and John Sabatina Jr. to run for the additional four seats in the general election.

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2021)

General election

General election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (12 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Wendi Barish (D)	8.9	154,312
✔	Submit photo	Nick Kamau (D)	8.8	153,790
✔	Submit photo	Michele Hangley (D)	8.7	151,677
✔		Chris Hall (D)	8.7	150,829
✔	Submit photo	Cateria McCabe (D)	8.7	150,727
✔		Betsy Wahl (D)	8.6	149,577
✔		Mark Moore (D)	8.2	142,964
✔		Daniel Sulman (D)	8.2	142,625
✔	Submit photo	Craig Levin (D)	8.1	141,424
✔	Submit photo	Monica Gibbs (D)	8.0	139,573
✔		John Sabatina Jr. (D)	7.6	132,348
✔	Submit photo	Leanne Litwin (D)	7.3	127,834
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	3,877

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,741,557
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (12 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nick Kamau	9.5	103,129
✔	Submit photo	Wendi Barish	9.3	100,441
✔	Submit photo	Cateria McCabe	9.0	97,570
✔		Betsy Wahl	8.2	88,302
✔		Chris Hall	8.0	86,610
✔	Submit photo	Michele Hangley	7.1	76,359
✔	Submit photo	Craig Levin	6.9	74,215
✔		Daniel Sulman	6.8	73,017
		Caroline Turner	6.7	72,066
		Mark Moore	5.9	63,510
		Tamika Washington	5.8	63,090
	Submit photo	Terri Booker	4.8	52,270
	Submit photo	John Padova Jr.	4.7	50,506
	Submit photo	Maurice Houston	2.8	29,864
	Submit photo	Rick Cataldi	2.3	24,632
		Patrick Moran	2.3	24,305

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,079,886
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Bryant (D)
• Christian DiCicco (D)
• Lopez T. Thompson (D)
• Sherrie Cohen (D)
• Rania Major (D)

2019

See also: City council elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)

General election

General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Helen Gym (D)	15.4	205,661
✔		Isaiah Thomas (D)	14.7	196,733
✔		Derek Green (D)	14.2	189,819
✔		Katherine Richardson (D)	14.2	189,813
✔		Allan Domb (D)	13.9	186,665
✔		Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party)	4.5	60,256
✔		David Oh (R)	4.0	53,742
		Al Taubenberger (R)	3.6	47,547
		Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party)	3.5	46,560
		Daniel Tinney (R)	3.5	46,270
		Bill Heeney (R)	3.2	43,249
		Matt Wolfe (R)	3.1	41,341
		Sherrie Cohen (A Better Council Party)	0.7	9,116
		Joe Cox (Independent)	0.7	8,880
		Maj Toure (L)	0.5	6,179
		Steve Cherniavsky (Term Limits Philadelphia Party)	0.3	3,480
	Submit photo	Clarc King (Independent)	0.2	2,959
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	745

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,339,015
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Helen Gym	15.6	107,153
✔		Allan Domb	9.8	67,193
✔		Isaiah Thomas	9.2	63,295
✔		Derek Green	8.9	61,070
✔		Katherine Richardson	6.6	45,470
	Submit photo	Justin DiBerardinis	6.2	42,643
	Submit photo	Adrian Reyes	5.2	35,565
	Submit photo	Eryn Santamoor	5.1	35,026
	Submit photo	Erika Almiron	5.0	34,329
		Deja Alvarez	3.9	26,617
	Submit photo	Sandra Glenn	2.6	18,105
		Willie Singletary	2.6	17,858
	Submit photo	Ethelind Baylor	2.1	14,259
		Beth Finn	2.0	14,015
		Ogbonna Hagins	1.8	12,570
	Submit photo	Fernando Trevino	1.7	11,400
		Fareed Abdullah	1.6	10,676
	Submit photo	Asa Khalif	1.4	9,779
	Submit photo	Billy Thompson	1.3	8,976
		Latrice Bryant	1.3	8,966
	Submit photo	Joseph Diorio	1.1	7,803
		Hena Veit	0.8	5,405
	Submit photo	Edwin Santana	0.8	5,154
	Submit photo	Wayne Allen	0.7	4,941
	Submit photo	Vinny Blackwell	0.7	4,516
	Submit photo	Mark Ross	0.6	4,255
	Submit photo	Bobbie Curry	0.6	3,920
		Devon Cade	0.4	2,854
	Submit photo	Wayne Dorsey	0.4	2,780
		Sherrie Cohen	0.0	44

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 686,637
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Melissa Robbins (D)
• Mike Stack (D)
• Janice Tangradi (D)
• David Conroy (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel Tinney	21.0	13,611
✔		Al Taubenberger	19.4	12,542
✔		Matt Wolfe	19.1	12,362
✔		Bill Heeney	18.5	11,976
✔		David Oh	10.0	6,477
		Drew Murray	6.1	3,935
		Irina Goldstein	5.9	3,790

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,693
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2015

See also: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania municipal elections, 2015

The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election took place on May 19, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 10, 2015. There were seven at-large seats up for election, one of which was vacant at the time of the election. Two at-large seats on the Philadelphia City Council are reserved for members of the minority party. In the Democratic at-large primary, Derek Green, Allan Domb, Helen Gym and incumbents Blondell Reynolds Brown and William Greenlee advanced past incumbents Edward Neilson and W. Wilson Goode, Jr. and Jenne Baccar Ayers, Wilson Alexander, Thomas Wyatt, Carla Cain, Lillian Ford, Paul Steinke, Barbara Capozzi, Marnie Aument Loughery, Sherrie Cohen, Billy Ivery, Frank Rizzo and Isaiah Thomas. In the Republican at-large primary, incumbents David Oh and Dennis M. O’Brien and Terrence Tracy Jr., Daniel Tinney and Al Taubenberger advanced past James Williams and Matt Wolfe. Green Party candidate Kristin Combs, Independent candidate Sheila Armstrong, Philadelphia Party candidate Andrew Stober and Socialist Workers Party candidate John Staggs also ran in the general election. Gym, Green, Domb, Brown, Greenlee, Oh and Taubenberger won election to the at-large seats.

Philadelphia City Council At-large, General election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Helen Gym	15.9%	145,087
	Democratic	Derek Green	15.8%	144,337
	Democratic	Allan Domb	15.7%	143,265
	Democratic	Blondell Reynolds Brown Incumbent	15.5%	141,368
	Democratic	William Greenlee Incumbent	15.1%	137,315
	Republican	David Oh Incumbent	3.8%	34,887
	Republican	Al Taubenberger	3.8%	34,711
	Republican	Dennis M. O’Brien Incumbent	3.8%	34,324
	Republican	Daniel Tinney	3.5%	31,863
	Republican	Terrence Tracy Jr.	3.1%	28,050
	Philadelphia	Andrew Stober	1.8%	16,301
	Green	Kristin Combs	1.2%	11,366
	Independent	Sheila Armstrong	0.6%	5,466
	Socialist Workers	John Staggs	0.3%	3,028
		Write-in votes	0.01%	105
Total Votes				911,473
Source: City of Philadelphia, "Official general election results," accessed November 23, 2015

Philadelphia City Council, At-large Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Derek Green	10.6%	68,505
Blondell Reynolds Brown Incumbent	9.8%	62,922
Allan Domb	9%	57,691
William Greenlee Incumbent	7.9%	50,849
Helen Gym	7.7%	49,270
Isaiah Thomas	7.5%	48,000
W. Wilson Goode, Jr. Incumbent	7.2%	46,555
Sherrie Cohen	7.1%	45,847
Edward Neilson Incumbent	6.3%	40,786
Paul Steinke	5.8%	37,104
Jenne Baccar Ayers	5.1%	32,637
Thomas Wyatt	4.7%	30,310
Frank Rizzo	4.1%	26,260
Wilson Alexander	3%	19,210
Carla Cain	2.7%	17,115
Marnie Aument Loughery	1.7%	10,890
Write-in	0%	87
Total Votes		644,038
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners, "Historical Election Results," accessed August 24, 2015

Philadelphia City Council, At-large Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Oh Incumbent	18%	8,960
Dennis M. O’Brien Incumbent	16.2%	8,038
Terrence Tracy Jr.	15.7%	7,801
Daniel Tinney	15.1%	7,528
Al Taubenberger	13.2%	6,587
Matt Wolfe	11.7%	5,800
James Williams	10%	4,979
Write-in	0.1%	32
Total Votes		49,725
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners, "Historical Election Results," accessed August 24, 2015

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2025

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2023

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2021

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2019

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