Pa. primary election 2025: The Commonwealth and Superior Court candidates advancing to November
HARRISBURG — The party-endorsed Republican candidate for Commonwealth Court coasted to victory in Tuesday’s contested primary, while a Superior Court hopeful who didn’t win the GOP nod defeated her opponent.
They’ll face Democrats who ran unopposed for vacancies on Pennsylvania’s powerful lower appellate courts this November.
Judges on the nine-member Commonwealth Court preside over civil actions brought by and against Pennsylvania state government, and hear appeals primarily in cases involving state departments and local governments. The 15 judges on Superior Court handle criminal, family, and civil cases that are appealed up from county Courts of Common Pleas.
Judges on all three of Pennsylvania’s statewide appellate courts — Supreme, Superior, and Commonwealth — are elected in partisan, statewide elections and serve 10-year terms. The number of terms they can serve is unlimited, though they must retire at age 75.
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