Candidates for Office
The pages below list important information about the candidates that appear on the ballot for each election cycle.
On November 7, 2017, Philadelphia voters will cast General Election ballots for the following offices:
Ballot Questions
Note, ballot numbers are displayed below in brackets: [].
Races
Justice Of The Supreme Court
Statewide (Vote for 1)
- [101] Dwayne Woodruff (Democratic)
- [201] Sallie Mundy (Republican)
Judge Of The Superior Court
Statewide (Vote for not more than 4)
- [102] Maria Mclaughlin (Democratic)
- [103] Carolyn H Nichols (Democratic)
- [104] Debbie Kunselman (Democratic)
- [105] Geoff Moulton (Democratic)
- [202] Craig Stedman (Republican)
- [203] Emil Giordano (Republican)
- [204] Wade A Kagarise (Republican)
- [205] Mary Murray (Republican)
- [302] Jules Mermelstein (Green)
Judge Of The Commonwealth Court
Statewide (Vote for not more than 2)
- [106] Ellen Ceisler (Democratic)
- [107] Irene M Clark (Democratic)
- [206] Paul Lalley (Republican)
- [207] Christine Fizzano Cannon (Republican)
Judge Of The Court Of Common Pleas
1st Judicial District (Vote for not more than 9)
- [108] Stella Tsai (Democratic)
- [109] Vikki Kristiansson (Democratic)
- [110] Lucretia C Clemons (Democratic)
- [111] Deborah Cianfrani (Democratic)
- [112] Zac Shaffer (Democratic)
- [113] Deborah Canty (Democratic)
- [114] Shanese Johnson (Democratic)
- [115] Mark B Cohen (Democratic)
- [116] Vincent Furlong (Democratic)
- [216] Vincent Furlong (Republican)
Judge Of The Municipal Court
1st Judicial District (Vote for not more than 2)
- [118] Marissa Brumbach (Democratic)
- [119] Matt Wolf (Democratic)
District Attorney
Citywide (Vote for 1)
- [121] Lawrence S Krasner (Democratic)
- [221] Beth Grossman (Republican)
City Controller
Citywide (Vote for 1)
- [122] Rebecca Rhynhart (Democratic)
- [222] Michael Tomlinson (Republican)
Inspector of Election Candidates
- Precinct-level (Vote for 1)
Judge of Election Candidates
- Precinct-level (Vote for 1)
Retention
Justice Of The Supreme Court
Retention (Vote Yes/No)
- Thomas G Saylor
- Debra Todd
Judge Of The Superior Court
Retention (Vote Yes/No)
- Jacqueline O Shogan
Judge Of The Court Of Common Pleas
Retention (Vote Yes/No)
- Linda A Carpenter
- Ellen Ceisler
- Michael Erdos
- Shelley Robins New
- Rosalyn K Robinson
- M Teresa Sarmina
Judge Of The Municipal Court
Retention (Vote Yes/No)
- James Maurice Deleon, III
- Joyce O Eubanks
- Thomas F Gehret
- Nazario Jimanez, Jr
- William A Meehan, Jr
- Brad Moss
- David C Shuter
- Karen Yvette Simmons
- Marvin L Williams