Pa.’s Judicial Elections Could Change the Outcome of Future Redistricting Cases

Pa.’s judicial elections could change the outcome of future redistricting cases

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court July, 2024 (Jen Barker Worley/ Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts)This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.  On Tuesday, there will be no candidate for president, governor, senator or even representative on the Pennsylvania ballot. Pennsylvanians will vote, however, on three members of their seven-member state Supreme Court. These are re…

Legal scholar explains why 3 state supreme court races are 'ground zero' in US politics

This Tuesday, November 4, political reporters will be paying close attention to gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virigina as well as New York City's mayoral race — which progressive New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, is expected to win.Meanwhile, in the Keystone State, voters will be voting to either retain or reject three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Kevin M. Dougherty, Christine Do…

Democrats feared Republican efforts to oust Pa. Supreme Court justices. They spent significantly more on the race

The three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices on the ballot this year, and the Democratic-leaning groups supporting them, appear to have raised and spent exponentially more money than the Republican-b

Democrats feared Republican efforts to oust Pa. Supreme Court justices. They spent significantly more on the race.

The full extent of GOP spending to oust the left-leaning justices is unknown