Thank you voters of York County
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Common Pleas Judge (Republican ballot)
Percent counted: 98.74%
Number nominated: 1
Jonelle Harter Eshbach 9715 votes (38%)
Matthew D. Menges 11741 votes (45.9%)
Sandra I. Thompson 4110 votes (16.1%)
Write-in 28 votes (0.1%)
Common Pleas Judge (Democratic ballot)
Percent counted: 98.74%
Number nominated: 1
Jonelle Harter Eshbach 4589 votes (35.8%)
Matthew D. Menges 1593 votes (12.4%)
Sandra I. Thompson 6606 votes (51.6%)
Write-in 15 votes (0.1%)
She still lost, and on both tickets.
Common Pleas Judge (Republican ballot)
Percent counted: 98.74%
Number nominated: 1
Jonelle Harter Eshbach 9715 votes (38%)
Matthew D. Menges 11741 votes (45.9%)
Sandra I. Thompson 4110 votes (16.1%)
Write-in 28 votes (0.1%)
Common Pleas Judge (Democratic ballot)
Percent counted: 98.74%
Number nominated: 1
Jonelle Harter Eshbach 4589 votes (35.8%)
Matthew D. Menges 1593 votes (12.4%)
Sandra I. Thompson 6606 votes (51.6%)
Write-in 15 votes (0.1%)
She still lost, and on both tickets.
I was wondering about the low vote total in Zenos post. I was thinking even Pa dies not have a common pleas judge for every 2-3000 people. Great news.
IIRC, she was behind the sensationalized "leaked" presentment (or whatever it was called). McQueary supposedly told her it was inaccurate but she told him to keep his mouth shut.
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On Monday I was driving somewhere and had the radio on and there was a commercial for Eshbach. It played up her role in the Sandusky grand jury phase and was a complete embarrassment to her and her campaign. It featured a male voice who apparently was intended to represent the "average Joe" of York county and was a guy speaking with the type of language and vocabulary you would expect from a 5th grade drop out. It was really bad and anyone who actually views the electorate as a group that would respond to something like that probably will never be elected to represent those people. If anyone can google that ad I think you would be surprised at its intellectual deficiency.
She was the ‘anal rape’ presentment author, iirc.
I don't know what party she is registered with but her problem yesterday was she was beaten decisively by a D on the Democratic side and by an R on the Republican side. From that I assume she was not endorsed by her party. Given her particular result perhaps she would have been better off running in the fall as an Independent. Very doubtful that's a viable path in a county-wide race but in a primary, even for a position that is portrayed as non-partisan, if you don't have the strong backing of the party you probably don't have much chance.
Was she on porno frankie fina's list serve?
I think Dante's Inferno had a particular circle for her ilk, so go to hell jonelle.
I think Dante's Inferno had a particular circle for her ilk, so go to hell jonelle.
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I was surprised she still had her law license, assuming its actually a requirement to be a judge. I'm a little sad, cash for kids needs a new champion.
Likely a personal fantasy of hers shared with Fina, no doubt.
While pleased with the final results for each party, I find it disconcerting that Eshbach attained more votes than either of her challengers, individually. Had this been a three-way race, with these results, she would've won.
I assume she cannot now run as an independent in the general election?
I assume she cannot now run as an independent in the general election?
As first asst da in york county when the harrisburg diocese reported multiple cases of abuse. They did nothing. This is Fact!
Sad to say but that really is an average Joe in York County. Why do you think she got so many votes (38% of each party). Honestly there are so many homes without running water in Southeastern York County that it is called Little Appalachia. The KKK has a major presence in Southern York Co. Before you ask yes I live in York County but I'm not a native. My job transferred from another county
I find it interesting that she had endorsements from all the police organizations of York County. I guess they figured that if you lie for the prosecution you're on the side of law.
That's because her campaign manager used to work for Stan Rebert and all the young girls at the court house were sleeping with cops.They were thicker than thieves,they would pay hoes than prosecute them.
She's lower on the ethics scale than your average hoe for sure.
I wouldn't read too much into that. PA still elects all of their judges. Candidates are allowed to cross-file, and quite a few judicial candidates do that. Name recognition often helps candidates that cross file, though in most instances, they either win, or do better, in the primary of their political persuasion.
For state judicial positions (Supreme and Superior Court), the PA Bar Association has a committee that does evaluations, and issues recommendations. For county judicial positions, most county bar associations have surveys, where local lawyers mail in their recommendations. Not a lot of the bar association members participate in the county surveys, and the recommendations are as much popularity contests as evaluations.
For the open position on the York County Court of Common Pleas, the York County Bar Association survey had Eshbach as the most qualified candidate. 81% of the bar association members who participated in the survey rated Eshbach either highly qualified or qualified. Menges, who ran as a conservative candidate and won the Republican primary, was rated either highly qualified or qualified by 22.55% of the bar association members who participated in the survey. Thompson, who won the Democratic primary, was rated either highly qualified or qualified by 18.18% of the bar association members that participated in the survey.
As for your question about running as an independent after losing in a political party primary, I'm not sure what the state law says about that. I tried to look it up in the State Election Code, but that is incredibly long, and I eventually gave up the task.
From what I've seen of judges in Pa., Eshbach would fit right in.
Isn’t there a connection between her and the infamous Howard Stern, former Baltimore cop at the root of the McQuery saga?
Eschbach's husband is a District Magistrate in Dover Township and was a local police chief.
She can run as a write-in candidate.
The Bar Association rankings are a joke (there are no standards and therefore you are casting a vote solely based on what you may have heard about a candidate) as is the idea of electing judges, especially Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges.
She can run as a write-in candidate.
The Bar Association rankings are a joke (there are no standards and therefore you are casting a vote solely based on what you may have heard about a candidate) as is the idea of electing judges, especially Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges.
