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All three justices on the ballot in Pennsylvania will keep their jobs after winning races Tuesday in an election that threatened to change the makeup of the state’s Supreme Court.
Democrats will continue to hold a majority of the supreme court of 5–2 in the highest court by the state, the result of voters who prefer to keep the democratic judges Christine Donahue, Kevin Dougherhert. The accompanying machine called the races at about 10 pm local time.
“Tonight, the people of our Commonwealth sent a surprising message by voting to retain three justices who will continue to protect the rule of law, and protect our constitutional rights,” said Democratic Gov. Josh. Josh Shapiro said in a statement.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Christine Dona’hue speaks at her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 8, 2016, in Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
The race is attracting unusual attention as the country’s groups and national groups are pouring in what is relevant to the news about IT $ 15, spending money taking the last election and stressing the stakes of changing the majority of the court.
Pennsylvania supreme court justices serve 10-year terms and can serve consecutive terms until age 75, when they must retire. Donohue, 72, can’t afford another full-time job.
The Republicans’ fight with the judiciary is right this year as the judges are often less on President Donald Trump’s agenda. Their defeat in Pennsylvania, the court’s state that has seen the most high-profile bankruptcy cases in recent years, comes after a bitter loss in an expensive court race in another state, Wisconsin, in April.
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Voter turn down by mail – town to town voting in downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (AP Photo / Gene J. Puskar)
Trump weighed in on the race this week, calling for an ouster of three judges. Trump said that they “governed sleeping Joe Biddeni and misled the 2020 election and that” it was time for justice. “
The odds have been stacked against the gop in Pennsylvania since the justice, Russell Niji, was voted out of the last race. Nirro was defeated in 2005 amid public discord and the judiciary of the higher judiciary.
A voter uses a ballot drop box at the Bucks County Administration Building Supting on Damage and Ballot Drop Center in DokyLestown, PA., Oct. 31, 2024. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
Republicans have offered to spend money and try to persuade voters to contact the judges would be an appropriate reference to the controversial decisions of the Supreme Court in the Court and election laws. Democrats say the loss would threaten women’s access to abortion and reproductive health services.
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The highest court of the state refused to try the Republicans To throw 2.5 million emails in the 2020 elections but brought a mix of small wins and losses in the 2024 elections and the last one.
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