Tara Smith

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Tara L. Smith

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Allegheny County Magisterial District Court 05-2-01
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2030

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017

Tara L. Smith is a judge for District Court 05-2-01 of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. Her current term ends on January 7, 2030.

Smith ran for re-election for the District Court 05-2-01 judge of the Allegheny County Magisterial District Court in Pennsylvania. She won in the general election on November 7, 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]

Incumbent Tara Smith (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01.[2]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tara Smith Incumbent (unopposed) 98.62% 4,428
Write-in votes 1.38% 62
Total Votes 4,490
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "2017 General Election Results," November 29, 2017


Incumbent Tara Smith defeated Donald Presutti in the Democratic primary for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01.[3]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tara Smith Incumbent 82.51% 1,783
Donald Presutti 17.31% 374
Write-in votes 0.19% 4
Total Votes 2,161
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Official Primary Results," accessed August 11, 2017


Incumbent Tara Smith defeated Donald Presutti in the Republican primary for the Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01.[4]

Allegheny County Magisterial District 05-02-01, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tara Smith Incumbent 78.88% 777
Donald Presutti 21.12% 208
Total Votes 985
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Official Primary Results," accessed August 11, 2017

2011

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Smith was re-elected after running unopposed on November 8, 2011. She cross-filed with both the Democratic and Republican parties.[5][6]

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.[7][8]

Qualifications
A judge must be:

  • a local resident for at least one year;[8]
  • 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.[8]

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