A quarter of Westmoreland County’s 16 district courts will see a new judge in 2022. Eleven candidates are seeking four contested seats on the local courts seeking to replace three retiring judges and fill one seat left vacant by a resignation. Judicial candidates are permitted to cross-file and all will
Four of five district judge seats up for grabs in 2021 will have contested primaries in May.
Meanwhile, just one countywide race the Republican primary for the clerk of courts office will be contested this spring.
Barring candidate challenges, the May 18 primary ballots appear set. The deadline to file nominating petitions expired Tuesday. Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani released the names of candidates for county offices after the deadline. A full list of candidates, including those seeking municipal offices and school district seats, could be released today, she said.
There will be contested primaries in four district judge races where no incumbents are seeking reelection.
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A Derry Township woman who served as a police officer and deputy coroner in neighboring Indiana County hopes to succeed retiring District Judge Mark Bilik for the Derry area.
Republican Janelle L. Hood, 51, is seeking both party nominations in her bid for the District Court 10-3-08 seat.
“I would like to keep the position of magistrate moving forward as it has for years,” she said in a press release.
A graduate of Derry Area High School and the police academy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Hood served with the Blairsville Police Department, advancing to corporal and officer in charge while “investigating everything from burglary to homicide,” she said.