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Candidate, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Tenure
Present officeholder
Elections and appointments
Next election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Temple University, 1984

Law

Widener School of Law, 1990

Contact

Tracy Roman (Democratic Party) (formerly Brandeis-Roman) is a judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania.

Roman (formerly Brandeis-Roman) is running for re-election for judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She is on the ballot in the retention election on November 4, 2025.[source]

Education

Roman earned her B.A. from Temple University in 1984 and her J.D. from the Widener School of Law in 1990.[1]

Career

Roman is an attorney in private practice in Philadelphia, Pa.[1]

Elections

2025

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

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

Tracy Roman is running for retention to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on November 4, 2025.

Retention
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%
Votes
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Total Votes


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2015

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2015

Pennsylvania's judicial elections included a primary on May 19, 2015, and a general election on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates was March 11, 2015.

The following candidates ran in the general election.

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, 12 seats, General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth J. Powell, Jr. Incumbent 9.4% 150,720
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mia Roberts-Perez 9.1% 145,722
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kai Scott 8.9% 143,461
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Brandeis-Roman 8.8% 141,304
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Abbe Fletman Incumbent 8.7% 140,026
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lyris Younge 8.3% 133,420
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Stephanie M. Sawyer 7.8% 124,875
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael Fanning Incumbent 7.5% 119,823
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Chris Mallios 7.5% 119,757
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daine A. Grey Jr. 7.4% 119,141
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rainy Papademetriou 7.3% 117,702
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Scott Diclaudio 7.0% 112,577
     Republican Vincent Furlong 2.3% 36,186
Total Votes 1,604,714
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial General Election Results," November 3, 2015


The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary.

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, 12 seats, Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth J. Powell, Jr. Incumbent 4.7% 53,682
Green check mark transparent.png Kai Scott 4.6% 51,923
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Brandeis-Roman 4.5% 51,028
Green check mark transparent.png Abbe Fletman Incumbent 4.1% 46,533
Green check mark transparent.png Mia Roberts-Perez 3.8% 42,778
Green check mark transparent.png Lyris Younge 3.6% 40,815
Green check mark transparent.png Rainy Papademetriou 3.5% 39,802
Green check mark transparent.png Scott Diclaudio 3.5% 39,678
Green check mark transparent.png Daine A. Grey Jr. 3.4% 38,151
Green check mark transparent.png Chris Mallios 3.0% 34,428
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Fanning Incumbent 2.9% 33,310
Green check mark transparent.png Stephanie M. Sawyer 2.9% 33,199
Jennifer Schultz 2.9% 32,825
Leon Goodman 2.8% 31,853
Vincent Melchiorre Incumbent 2.6% 29,548
Frances Fattah 2.6% 29,116
Brian Ortelere 2.5% 28,514
Stella Tsai 2.4% 26,957
Deborah Watson-Stokes 2.4% 26,656
Thomas Martin 2.3% 26,602
Jon Marshall 2.2% 24,922
Sandjai Weaver 2.1% 23,950
Lynne M. Summers 2.1% 23,896
Betsy Wahl 2.1% 23,662
James Berardinelli 2.0% 22,783
Anthony Kyriakakis 1.9% 21,718
Lucretia Clemons 1.8% 20,636
Vincent Furlong 1.8% 20,189
Leon King II 1.7% 19,781
Edward Louden Jr. 1.7% 19,664
Marissa Brumbach 1.7% 19,558
Wayne Bennett 1.6% 17,758
Chris McCabe 1.5% 16,628
Jodi Lobel 1.5% 16,449
Vince Giusini 1.4% 16,363
Shanese Johnson 1.4% 15,368
Rania Major 1.2% 13,798
Joshua Hill 1.2% 13,471
Sherman Toppin 1.1% 12,627
William Ciancaglini 0.9% 9,762
Franklin Bennett III 0.7% 7,653
Tangie Boston 0.7% 7,491
Write-in votes 0% 0
Total Votes 1,125,525
Source: Philly Election Results, "May 19, 2015 Municipal Primary & Special Election Results," May 20, 2015

Bar association rating

Roman was not recommended by the Philadelphia Bar Association.[2]

2013

Roman ran unsuccessfully for election to both the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and the Philadelphia Municipal Court.[3]

Municipal court

Roman ran unsuccessfully for election to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. She was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2013, after receiving 13.8 percent of the vote.[4]

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2013

Court of common pleas

Roman ran unsuccessfully for election to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. She was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2013, after receiving 5.5 percent of the vote.[4]


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2025

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