With three seats on the ballot, this year's state Supreme Court race may be 'a different animal'
Ten years ago, Pennsylvania voters elected three new state Supreme Court justices in a historic election.
It was the first time in the court’s 311-year history three seats were in the hands of voters at the same time and resulted Democrats holding a 5-2 majority on the state’s highest court.
This year, the three winners of the 2015 election, Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, are running to keep their seats in “Yes” or “No” retention elections. Although judges are expected to be nonpartisan, if any two or all three are ousted, it would open a door to change the court’s composition for the next decade, and beyond.
That could determine which party has an advantage in Congress and the state legislature through redistricting and direct the outcome of cases that involve reproductive rights, voting rights and state policies such as marijuana legalization.
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