HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Six sitting judges and two lawyers hope Pennsylvania voters this fall will issue a favorable verdict of their own and elevate them to one of the four state appeals court seats that are up for grabs in the November election. Among the candidates are judges who have ruled on election cases, jurists raised in West Philadelphia and the Monongahela Valley, a former high-ranking state Senate aide who got a running start by being appointed to a vacancy and a lawyer from one of Pennsylvania's smaller counties. READ MORE: Sources: Missing Bucks County Woman Casey Johnston’s Car Found In Northeast Philadelphia ___ SUPREME COURT The marquee race is for a retirement vacancy on the Supreme Court, where Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin , who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, faces off against Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin Brobson , who collected 52% of the vote to take the Republican nomination this spring. The result won't shift power on the high court, currently with a 5-2 Democratic majority, but in a state where the two parties have for decades been locked into a perpetual death match over political control, it will surely draw considerable money and the most… Read full this story
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