Both candidates vying to sit as the district judge for Kingston and Edwardsville cite the safety of the community as a reason they want to serve in the position. Jim Haggerty, current mayor of Kingston, and Mamie Phillips, an assistant district attorney with the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, will both appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the magisterial district judge seat in District 11-1-05, which covers Kingston and Edwardsville.
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