Local trial court judicial elections, 2017

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2017 Local Judicial Elections

Judicial elections by state:

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Ballotpedia provides coverage for judicial selection in all 50 states. Six of the states held regular elections for judges in general and limited jurisdiction trial courts in 2017. For information on state intermediate appellate and supreme court elections in 2017, click here.

The states with regular elections in 2017 were Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin. Connecticut also held a special election for probate court judges in 2017. Ballotpedia also covered certain municipal jurisdiction trial court elections in Ohio.

The map below highlights those states with local trial court judicial elections in 2017:

The chart below lists the number of local judicial positions that were up for election in 2017. Ballotpedia also covered municipal jurisdiction trial court elections taking place in the 100 largest cities in the U.S. by population in Ohio.

2017 Local Judicial Elections
State	Court Type	Seats Up
Connecticut	Probate court	4
Louisiana	District court	8
Louisiana	Justice of the peace court	19
Mississippi	Circuit court	2
Mississippi	Chancery court	1
New York	District court	4
New York	County court	9
New York	Family court	4
New York	Surrogate’s court	3
New York	New York City civil court	6
Ohio	Municipal court	24
Pennsylvania	Court of common pleas	81
Pennsylvania	Magisterial court	279
Washington	Superior court	2
Wisconsin	Circuit court	48
	Total	494

Past elections

See also: Local trial court judicial elections, 2016

In 2016, Ballotpedia covered local judicial elections across 39 states. In total, 3,723 seats were up for election across general and limited jurisdiction trial courts. Incumbents ran for re-election in 3,070 (82.5 percent) of those races, and were defeated by challengers 69 (2.2 percent) times. In 2,644 races (71.0 percent), candidates ran unopposed.

See also

Local Politics	Judicial Coverage
Municipal government Local courts School boards Local ballot measures Local recalls	Municipal elections, 2017 Local court elections, 2017 School board elections, 2017 Local ballot measure elections, 2017 Political recall efforts, 2017	Federal courts State appellate courts Judicial selection in the states Judicial elections Judicial recalls

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