Thirty-five Pennsylvania counties will start the process of filling vacancies on their counties’ Court of Common Pleas on May 20.
The Court of Common Pleas, as the trial court, hears major civil and criminal cases. The Court also decides cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters.
Twenty-eight counties have judicial retention elections that will appear on the November municipal ballot.
Here is a list of vacancies in those counties along with names of those who have filed petitions with the Pennsylvania Department of State as of 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 6.
This list will be updated.
County (does not include retention elections)
- Adams (1 vacancy)
- Torren C. Ecker, Hamilton Twp. (R)
- Allegheny (8)
- Simquita Bridges, Sewickley (D)
- Julie Capone, O’Hara Twp. (R)
- Alyssa B. Cowan, Hampton (D)
- Jaime Marie Hickton, Whitehall Borough (D)
- Lauren Marie Leiggi, Pittsburgh (D)
- Amy Mathieu, Pittsburgh (D)
- Daniel L. Miller, Mt. Lebanon (D)
- Bryan S. Neft, Mt. Lebanon (D)
- Heather Lynn Schmidt Bresnahan, Dormont (D)
- Michael B. Sullivan, Mt. Lebanon (D)
- Sarra Terry, Ross Twp. (D)
- Ilan Zur, Pittsburgh (D)
- Berks (1)
- Kathryn Lynne Lehman, Ontelaunee Twp. (D/R)
- Blair (2)
- Bucks (4)
- Linda Bobrin, Newtown Twp. (D)
- Dawn Marie Burke, Lower Makefield Twp. (R)
- Amy M. Fitzpatrick, Northampton Twp. (D)
- Tiffany M. Smith, Lower Makefield Twp. (D)
- Butler (2)
- Cambria (1)
- Chester (2)
- Mackenzie W. Smith, Willistown (D)
- Clearfield (1)
- Columbia / Montour (1)
- Cumberland (1)
- Dauphin (2)
- Delaware (2)
- Erie (1)
- Forest / Warren (1)
- Greene (1)
- Huntingdon (1)
- Lackawanna (1)
- Lawrence (3)
- Lehigh (1)
- Luzerne (1)
- Thomas Mosca, Dallas Borough (D/R)
- McKean (1)
- Mifflin (1)
- Monroe (2)
- Montgomery (3)
- Lauren Ashley Hughes, Norristown (D)
- Raymond McGarry, Abington Twp. (D)
- Mary C. Pugh, Springfield Twp. (D)
- Northampton (1)
- Jeremy F. Clark, Easton (D/R)
- Philadelphia (9)
- William Braveman (D)
- Irina G. Ehrlich (D)
- Kia Ghee Eneanya (D)
- Tanisha Henry (D)
- Anthony Stefanski (D)
- Deborah Watson-Stokes (D)
- Schuylkill (1)
- Somerset (1)
- Sullivan / Wyoming (1)
- Westmoreland (1)
- York (2)
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Kathy Silcox (D/R) is running in Cumberland County