Wendy Pew
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2026
Wendy Pew is a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania.
Pew ran for re-election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. Pew won in the retention election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2025)
Philadelphia Municipal Court
Wendy Pew was retained to the Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 4, 2025 with 82.2% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
82.2
|
243,003 | ||
No |
17.8
|
52,515 | |||
Total Votes |
295,518 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pew in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)
General election
General election for Philadelphia Municipal Court
Incumbent Wendy Pew won election in the general election for Philadelphia Municipal Court on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wendy Pew (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 132,062 | |
| Total votes: 132,062 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
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Noteworthy cases
Judge Wendy Pew dismisses all charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial (2023)
- See also: Philadelphia Municipal Court (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mark Dial, MC-51-CR-0016281-2023)
- See also: Philadelphia Municipal Court (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mark Dial, MC-51-CR-0016281-2023)
On September 8, 2023, Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner (D) charged former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial with murder, voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault for the August 14, 2023, shooting of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop.[1] The Philadelphia Police Department originally reported that Irizarry was outside his vehicle and lunged at officers after they stopped him for driving recklessly and driving the wrong way down a one-way street. The department updated its account on August 16, 2023, after body camera footage showed Irizarry still inside the car.[2] The footage showed Dial exiting a police cruiser "before shouting at Irizarry to 'show your hands' and adding 'I will f-ing shoot you.' He then fired multiple shots at Irizarry as he sat in the driver's seat."[3]
Pew presided over Dial's preliminary hearing on September 26, 2023. Dial's attorneys argued that Irizarry had a knife that looked like a gun and that Dial feared for his life and acted in self-defense.[4] Pew dismissed all the charges against Dial, citing a lack of evidence.[3] That same day, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said the office "disagrees with the decision by Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew to dismiss all criminal charges against defendant Mark Dial for the killing of Eddie Irizarry on August 14, 2023. Special Investigations Unit prosecutors will be filing an appeal of this decision to the Court of Common Pleas by the end of today. In keeping with our oath to seek justice, we will move to have all criminal charges, including Murder, reinstated against this defendant.”[5]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Reuters, "Ex-Philadelphia police officer charged with murder for shooting man in car," September 8, 2023
- ↑ CBS News Philadelphia, "Police change information about fatal shooting after viewing body camera footage: officials," August 16, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CBS News Philadelphia, "Charges refiled hours after judge throws out case against ex-Philadelphia cop in Eddie Irizarry shooting," September 26, 2023
- ↑ 6 ABC Action News, "Judge dismisses all charges against Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial after fatal shooting," September 26, 2023
- ↑ Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, "DA’s Office Statement on Criminal Charges Against Ex-Officer Mark Dial," September 26, 2023
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
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania judicial elections • Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
