John J. Kelly Jr.

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John J. Kelly Jr.

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Bucks County Magisterial District Court 07-1-08

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2024

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 7, 2017

John J. Kelly, Jr. is a judge for the Bucks County Magisterial District in Pennsylvania.

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.

Incumbent John J. Kelly Jr. (Democratic/Republican) ran unopposed in the general election for the Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08.

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.

Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08, General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate
	Democratic/Republican	John J. Kelly Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed November 8, 2017

Incumbent John J. Kelly Jr. defeated David Kemmerer in the Democratic primary for the Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08.

Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08, Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John J. Kelly Jr. Incumbent	59.28%	1,092
David Kemmerer	40.72%	750
Total Votes		1,842
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Official Primary Results," accessed January 9, 2018

Incumbent John J. Kelly Jr. defeated David Kemmerer in the Republican primary for the Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08.

Bucks County Magisterial District 07-1-08, Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John J. Kelly Jr. Incumbent	67.25%	922
David Kemmerer	32.75%	449
Total Votes		1,371
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "2017 Official Primary Results," accessed January 9, 2018

2011

See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011

Kelly was re-elected after running unopposed in 2011. He cross-filed with the Republican and Democratic parties.

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.

Qualifications
A judge must be:

• a local resident for at least one year;
• 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.

See also

• Courts in Pennsylvania
• Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts

External links

• Pennsylvania Courts, "Magisterial District Judges"

Footnotes

Pennsylvania courts

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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