Michael Parkinson (Pennsylvania)

Michael Parkinson

Democratic Party

Philadelphia Municipal Court

Tenure

2026 - Present

Term ends

2032

Years in position

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Michael Parkinson (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. Parkinson assumed office on January 5, 2026. Parkinson's current term ends on January 5, 2032.

Parkinson (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court in Pennsylvania. Parkinson won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

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

Elections

2025

Municipal court

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

General election

General election for Philadelphia Municipal Court (4 seats)

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Davidson (D)	29.7	289,678
✔		Sherrie Cohen (D)	26.8	261,204
✔	Submit photo	Michael Parkinson (D)	22.2	216,292
✔	Submit photo	Cortez Patton (D)	21.2	206,403
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,578

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 975,155
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia Municipal Court (4 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Parkinson in this election.

Court of common pleas

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

General election

General election for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (11 seats)

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Jones (D)	10.3	280,160
✔		Kia Ghee (D)	10.1	274,323
✔		Will Braveman (D)	10.1	274,195
✔		Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D)	10.1	273,978
✔		Deborah Watson-Stokes (D)	10.1	272,216
✔	Submit photo	Irina Ehrlich (D)	9.9	269,154
✔	Submit photo	Jennifer Santiago (D)	8.2	221,310
✔	Submit photo	Brian Kisielewski (D)	8.1	219,493
✔	Submit photo	Leon King II (D)	8.0	215,637
✔	Submit photo	Anthony Stefanski (D)	7.9	212,663
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Russo (D)	7.0	190,318
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	4,023

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,707,470
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (11 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

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

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Parkinson in this election.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Parkinson in this election.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michael Parkinson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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