2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97

Incumbent Steven Mentzer and Bob Rudy are running in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on November 5, 2024.

	Steven Mentzer (R)
	Bob Rudy (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97

Bob Rudy advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on April 23, 2024.

Bob Rudy

100.0%

4,029 Votes✔

	There were no incumbents in this race.	Total votes: 4,029
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97

Incumbent Steven Mentzer advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97 on April 23, 2024.

Steven Mentzer

100.0%

6,892 Votes✔

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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 William E. Benner Jr. defeated Bob Rudy in the Democratic primary for the Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03.

Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03, Democratic Primary, 2017

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William E. Benner Jr. Incumbent	69.55%	370
Bob Rudy	30.45%	162
Total Votes		532
Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Current Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017

Incumbent William E. Benner Jr. defeated Bob Rudy in the Republican primary for the Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03.

Lancaster County Magisterial District 02-3-03, Republican Primary, 2017

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William E. Benner Jr. Incumbent	84.08%	1,426
Bob Rudy	15.92%	270
Total Votes		1,696
Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Current Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017

Selection method

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.