Pennsylvania judicial races are sleepy. Even so, groups are spending $2 million on TV ads.
Four candidates are seeking election Tuesday to two open seats on the 15-member
Ads funded by
Judicial races tend to generate little interest among the public, so the election is seen more as a measure of what voters generally think about the parties. The importance of statewide judicial campaigns was underscored by the state Supreme Court’s decision last year to declare Pennsylvania’s congressional map an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander designed to favor
The two
In the May primary election,
The state Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling is “one of many reasons we’re working very hard to make sure” King and Peck are elected, said Charlie O’Neill, deputy executive director of the
How do Pa. judicial elections work and why do we vote for judges?Also on the ballot will be candidates for
Fifteen local
While the
The Democratic candidates for
The Democrats’ biggest financial supporters are labor unions and trial lawyers. McCaffery’s campaign has received
A Democratic group that backed Mayor
The Republican campaigns and outside spending are being bankrolled largely by
Yass, a school-choice advocate who backed Democratic State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams’ 2010 gubernatorial campaign and 2015 bid for
McCaffery, a former assistant district attorney in
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Peck, a former senior district attorney in
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