On Monday, February 6, 2023, the Democratic City Committee made up of 69 Ward Leaders representing every neighborhood of Philadelphia, met to endorse the following candidates for Common Pleas Court and Philadelphia Municipal Court: Common Pleas Court (10 open seats) Judge Brian McLaughlin Judge...
On Monday, April 1, 2019, the 13 member Policy Committee of the Philadelphia Democratic Party met to decide which of the remaining 34 candidates for Common Pleas and Municipal Court would be selected for a party endorsement. The committee made the following recommendations, which must still be...
As of close of business on Friday, the first 12 judicial candidates for Common Pleas and Municipal Court Judge have filed nominating petitions, making them official candidates for office. The following candidates have filed:
Listed below are candidates that have either publicly stated they are running for judge in Philadelphia in 2019, or are rumored to be running. If they have made their candidacy public, their status is marked "active." If their candidacy is speculated, their status is marked "rumored." Candidates...
The first 10 candidates have now completed our questionnaire and those responses have been added to their profiles. Click their names below to read more about them.
As the campaign season progresses, we will continue to update the site with more information about each potential and actual judicial candidate in the field. As we have done in the past, we will keep you updated on who actually files to become a candidate, and who withdrawals from the race, as...
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention is one of the few organizations that conducts a substantive review of each candidate that runs for judge of a Philadelphia Court. The commission thoroughly reviews each candidate on criteria such as legal ability,...
Without a doubt, the biggest influencer of judicial elections is the Philadelphia Democratic Party. Each cycle, the leadership of the party meets to endorse a diverse slate of candidates. The ground troops of the party, known as committee people, will often stand at polling places throughout the...
PhillyJudges is a web project developed and maintained by local civic activist Micah Mahjoubian in his spare time. Micah has over 20 years of experience in deploying technology to effect civic change. It all started when he developed his first voter database for a state representative campaign he...
