Sheryl Safina Pfarr

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Sheryl Safina Pfarr

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Sheryl Safina Pfarr was a candidate for the Cambria County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Safina Pfarr was defeated in the primary election on May 16, 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]

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for the Cambria County Magisterial District 47-1-02.[2]

Cambria County Magisterial District 47-1-02, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Susan Gindlesperger 29.23% 827
Max Pavlovich 25.56% 723
Michael Filia 17.00% 481
Joe Green 15.98% 452
Gary Martin 7.71% 218
Sheryl Safina Pfarr 4.49% 127
Write-in votes 0.04% 1
Total Votes 2,829
Source: Cambria County, "2017 Primary Election, Official Results," accessed January 9, 2018


The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for the Cambria County Magisterial District 47-1-02.[3]

Cambria County Magisterial District 47-1-02, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Max Pavlovich 25.82% 740
Susan Gindlesperger 25.02% 717
Joe Green 18.60% 533
Michael Filia 15.46% 443
Sheryl Safina Pfarr 8.44% 242
Gary Martin 6.63% 190
Write-in votes 0.03% 1
Total Votes 2,866
Source: Cambria County, "2017 Primary Election, Official Results," accessed January 9, 2018

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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