Who's Running For Statewide Court?
The spotlight of the nation is focused again on Pennsylvania, this time for its retention elections for three of its seven judges on the state’s Supreme Court.
Democrats hold a 5-2 majority on PA’s highest judicial body, but three justices – Christine L. Donahue, Kevin M. Dougherty, and David N. Wecht – have completed their initial 10-year terms and are subject to a “retention” vote. The trio each received over 1 million votes in the 2015 election, defeating their GOP opponents by more than 150,000 votes.
Republicans are optimistic following their 2024 successes in winning the state’s presidential electors for President Donald Trump, as well as flipping a U.S. Senate seat for Sen. Dave McCormick.
“We want to capitalize on the momentum that we have created in Pennsylvania,” said Scott Presler, who leads a Republican voter-registration and get-out-the-vote group called Early Vote Action. Donald Trump’s win in the state shows that “we’re winners,” he said. “I think you’re going to see the Republican Party, even nationally, getting more involved in those state [Supreme Court] races.
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