Pennsylvania voters will decide whether to retain three Democratic Supreme Court justices in November as Republicans target the court’s controversial COVID-19 and election decisions.
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PennsylvanianswillhaveanopportunityinNovembertochangethecompositionoftheirSupremeCourtaspartofabattlegroundelectioninwhichthreeofthesevenseatsonthestate’shighestcourtareatstake.
Democratsholda5-2majorityonthecourt,butRepublicanssayitscontroversialdecisionssurroundingCOVID-19lockdownsandelectionruleshavegeneratedenthusiasmamongtheirbasethatthreatenstoupendDemocraticcontrol.
ThethreeDemocraticjustices,ChristineDonohue,KevinDoughertyandDavidWecht,allofwhomwontheirracesinasweepingvictoryin2015,areonthatballotfortheNov.4election.
Theelectionisknownasaretentionraceinwhichvoterscanvoteyesornotoallowingeachofthejusticestoretaintheirseats.WithRepublicanstakingamicroscopetothejudiciarybranchinthesecondTrumpadministrationandsufferingablowinWisconsin’sSupremeCourtelectioninApril,theelectionisgainingnationalattentiona
