Tag: pennsylvania
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Carolyn Carluccio and Daniel McCaffery are running in the Nov. 7 partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Carolyn Carluccio (R) and Daniel McCaffery (D) are running in the partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 2023. The primary was May 16, 2023. The winner of the general election will succeed Justice Max Baer (D), who died on September 30, 2022. As a result of Baer’s death,…
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Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to decide on ballot initiative to create an alternative police team to address certain calls related to mental health
Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will decide in Nov. 2023 on a citizen-initiated ballot measure that would create the Mobile Community Responder Pilot Program (MCRPP). The program would be designed as an alternative first response to various types of calls related to mental and behavioral health, substance use, welfare checks, family and neighbor disputes, issues related…
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Georgia and Pennsylvania lead in the number of state legislative special elections called
Forty-three special elections for state legislative seats have been called in 16 states so far in 2023. Georgia and Pennsylvania have scheduled the most state legislative special elections this year, with six each, followed by Tennessee with five. The special elections called so far this year are being held for the following reasons: Nine due…
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Democrats maintain state House majority in Pennsylvania after two special elections
Democrats maintained a majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives following two special elections in House Districts 108 and 163 on May 16, 2023. Heather Boyd (D) defeated Katie Ford (R) and Alfe Goodwin (L) 59.9% to 38.8% and 1.3%, respectively, in District 163. She succeeds Michael Zabel (D), who resigned on March 16. Michael…
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Carluccio defeats McCullough in the Republican primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio defeated Patricia McCullough in the Republican primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16, 2023. Carluccio will face Daniel D. McCaffery (D) in the general election on Nov. 7. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the state’s court of last resort. It can hear appeals from statewide and local…
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McCaffery defeats Kunselman in Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat
Daniel McCaffery defeated Deborah Kunselman in the Democratic primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16. McCaffery will face Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio—who won the Republican primary—in the general election on Nov. 7. McCaffery was elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2019. He is an Army veteran and worked as an…
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Patricia McCullough and Carolyn Carluccio are running in the May 16 Republican primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Patricia McCullough and Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio are running in the Republican primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16, 2023. The winner will face the winner of the Democratic primary—Deborah Kunselman or Daniel McCaffery—in the general election on Nov. 7, 2023. Pennsylvania conducts closed primaries, meaning only voters who register with…
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Kunselman, McCaffery running in May 16 Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Deborah Kunselman and Daniel McCaffery are running in the Democratic primary for one judgeship on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16. The winner will face the Republican nominee—either Patricia McCullough or Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio—in the general election on Nov. 7. The filing deadline for the primary was March 7. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is…
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Pennsylvania to hold special elections to determine control of state House
Pennsylvania will hold special elections to fill vacancies in House Districts 108 and 163 on May 16, 2023. Democrats currently have a 101-100 majority, and the results of these elections will determine majority control of the chamber. If Democrats win one special election, they will keep their majority in the chamber. Republicans would win the…
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Nine candidates running in Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia
Nine candidates are running in the Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia on May 16, 2023. The winner will face David Oh—the only candidate who ran for the Republican nomination—in the general election on Nov. 7. Incumbent Jim Kenney (D), who was first elected mayor in 2015 and re-elected in 2019, is term-limited. Asha Prihar,…