T. Francis Shields

T. Francis Shields

Philadelphia Municipal Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2026

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

T. Francis Shields is a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania.

Shields ran for re-election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. Shields won in the retention election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

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

Philadelphia Municipal Court

T. Francis Shields was retained to the Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 4, 2025 with 85.4% of the vote.

			Retention  Vote	%	Votes
		✔	Yes	85.4	250,066
			No	14.6	42,650
			Total Votes		292,716

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Shields in this election.

2019

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

General election

General election for Philadelphia Municipal Court

Incumbent T. Francis Shields won election in the general election for Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	T. Francis Shields (Nonpartisan)	100.0	129,085

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2025

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2019

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Footnotes

Pennsylvania courts

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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

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