Incumbent nominated to serve third term as Mon City judge
A longtime magisterial district judge was nominated with a sizable lead Tuesday to serve a third term in Monongahela.
According to unofficial election results, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting Wednesday morning, Magisterial District Judge Mark Wilson of Monongahela was nominated on both the Republican and Democratic ballots.
He earned 460 votes, or 72.1 percent of the votes on the Republican ballot, and 1,443 votes, or 76.5 percent of the votes on the Democratic ballot, according to the unofficial results.
Wilson was nominated for a six-year term to the Washington County post.
Challenger Peter Seth Hoosac of New Eagle earned 177 votes on the Republican ballot, or 27.7 percent of the votes, and 439 votes on the Democratic ballot, or 23.3 percent of the votes, according to the unofficial election results.
Both Hoosac and Wilson filed on both the Republican and Democratic ballots.
If Wilson wins the fall election in November, he will enter his 12th year as Magisterial District Judge for district 27-1-02. The district encompasses Monongahela, New Eagle, Donora, Carroll Township, Victory Hill, Eldora, Hazelkirk, Dunkirk and Black Diamond.
Before he was elected to his first term as magisterial district judge, he served as deputy constable in Donora for one year in 1988. He was elected to the position in 1989. In 1990, he attended the municipal police academy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he said.
Wilson then served as a part-time police officer for both Donora and Monongahela police departments before accepting a full-time position with Monongahela Police Department. He retired from that post in 2005.
That year, he was certified by the state Minor Judiciary Education Board to serve as magisterial district judge. He said he has been re-certified every year since then.
Wilson said his experience qualifies him for the post, saying his background and time serving as magisterial district judge speaks for itself.
He is a graduate of Ringgold High School.
Wilson did not return multiple calls seeking comment Tuesday night.