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Revision as of 10:19, 29 January 2018

John Kessler is a judge for the Montgomery County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania. Kessler won the seat 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]

John Kessler (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04.

Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04, General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Kessler  (unopposed) 100.00% 5,983
Total Votes 5,983
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 General Election Official Results," accessed December 20, 2017


John Kessler ran unopposed in the Republican primary for the Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04.[2]

Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Kessler  (unopposed) 100.00% 659
Total Votes 659
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Election," accessed May 16, 2017

John Kessler defeated Thomas Bowman in the Democratic primary for the Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04.[3]

Montgomery County Magisterial District 38-1-04, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Kessler 74.12% 1,481
Thomas Bowman 25.88% 517
Total Votes 1,998
Source: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Election," accessed May 16, 2017

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]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed February 23, 2017
  2. ↑ Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Candidate List," accessed April 11, 2017
  3. ↑ Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Primary Candidate List," accessed April 11, 2017
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Courts, "How Judges Are Elected," accessed July 22, 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Pennsylvania; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014

Pennsylvania courts

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

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Certain municipal jurisdiction trial courts: Ohio
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