Democratic candidate Brian Marshall will be the next Centre County Court of Common Pleas Judge.
With all precincts reporting, Marshall won 13,823 votes, finishing ahead of Republican candidate Ronald McGlaughlin, who received 11,704 votes.
In another courthouse vote, President Judge Pamela Ruest won retention for a second term, with 17,229 (80 percent) voting yes to retain and 4,385 voting no. Ruest was first elected in 2007 and was the first female judge elected in Centre County.
As had been decided in the primary, trial attorney Bernard Cantorna will be the next Centre County District Attorney. He defeated incumbent Stacy Parks Miller in the Democratic primary and won the Republican nomination through write-ins. On Tuesday, 22,434 votes were cast for Cantorna to be the county’s top prosecutor and chief law enforcement officer, against 332 write-ins.
For jury commissioner, Democrat Jason Moser and Republican incumbent Hope Miller were on the ballot for the two positions and both won election. (Editor’s note: a previous version of this story incorrectly reported one winner of this election.)
Marshall, of Patton Township, has been a practicing attorney for the past 16 years, spending most of his career with the Centre County firm of Miller, Kistler & Campbell, where he is a shareholder and partner. His practice areas include civil and criminal law, with his recent focus being on family law.
A Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and a trained mediator, he is current president of the Centre County Bar Association.
Marshall, a native of Clearfield, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State in 1996 and went on to hold a Certified Public Accountant’s license in Maryland. He received his law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 2001.
He will take the open spot on the bench currently held by Judge Thomas Kistler, who is stepping down at the end of the year after completing his second 10-year term. Marshall joins Ruest and judges Jonathan Grine and Katherine Oliver as Court of Common Pleas judges.
Below are StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton’s recent C-NET interviews with Marshall and Cantorna.
