We’ve all heard the old saying “you are who you are by the company you keep.”
Statewide appellate court races don’t grab the headlines, but their campaigns actively seek and receive endorsements from across Pennsylvania. Those endorsements can say a lot about whom these women and men are and the philosophy they will bring to the bench.
This list of organizational and coalition endorsements was compiled by PCCJR to provide voters with a useful resource as they prepare to make their voting decisions this November. For full disclosure, this list was compiled from online sources, candidate websites and other sources in the public domain. Leading up to Election Day on November 7th, the list will be periodically updated as new endorsements are announced.
Check back with us in the coming days for those updates and feel free to share a link to this page with colleagues, family and friends.
*Endorsement List as of 11/3/17*
Retention to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Justice Tom Saylor
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Pennsylvania State Trooper Association
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Boilermakers Local 13
Justice Debra Todd
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Pennsylvania State Trooper Association
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Conservation Voters of PA
Boilermakers Local 13
Race for Supreme Court (Vote for One)
Dwayne Woodruff (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
PA Conference of Teamsters
HPAE (Health Professionals and Allied Employees)
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
Plumbers Local 690
Communications Workers of America District 2-13
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philadelphia Gay News
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
PennLive.com/The Patriot News
Allegheny County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
ULW Plumbers 690
PA Working Families
Sallie Mundy (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (recommended)
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Pennsylvania State Trooper Association
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
National Rifle Association – Political Victory Fund
Retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court
Jacqueline Shogan
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Boilermakers Local 13
Race for Superior Court (Vote for Four)
Geoffrey Moulton (D)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PA Conference of Teamsters
Teamsters Joint Council #40, # 53
Teamsters Local 312
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Philadelphia Gay News
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Plumbers Local 690
AFSCME District Council 33, 47
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Planned Parenthood Pa Advocates
Gertrude Stein Club
Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council
United Mine Workers of America, PA/NY COMPAC State Council
IBEW Local
Philadelphia Gay News
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Allegheny County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ULW Plumbers 690
PA Working Families
Americans for Democratic Action
Deborah Kunselman (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
PA Conference of Teamsters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Philadelphia Gay News
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Allegheny County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Boilermakers Local 13
PA Working Families
Americans for Democratic Action
Maria McLaughlin (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Philadelphia Gay News
AFL-CIO of Philadelphia
AFSCME
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
PA Conference of Teamsters
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 542
PA National Organization for Women
HPAE (Health Professionals and Allied Employees)
Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (recommended)
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Plumbers Local 690
AFSCME District Council 47, 33
Communication Workers of America District 2-13
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
American Federation of Teachers, Pennsylvania
Boilermakers Local 13
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 PA/DE
Cement Masons Local 592
NUHHCE
International Association of Firefighters Local 1, Pittsburgh
IBEW Local Union #5; Local 98
International Association of Firefighters Local 22, Philadelphia, Local 302 Allentown, Local 735 Bethlehem
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 542
Laborers District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia & Vicinity
Laborers District Council of Western Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Building Trades
Lehigh Valley for All
Philadelphia Building Trades
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC
Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council
Scranton Federation of Teachers
Steamfitters Local 420
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Allegheny County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
ULW Plumbers 690
Boilermakers Local 13
Americans for Democratic Action
Carolyn Nichols (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
AFSCME District Council 33 and 47
Laborers Local 332
HPAE (Health Professionals and Allied Employees)
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
1199c
Guardian Civic League of Philadelphia
Millennials in Action
PA Latino Caucus
Philadelphia Building Trades
Philadelphia Gay News
PA Working Families
Emil Giordano (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
National Federation of Independent Businesses – Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Fraternal Order of Police Star Lodge # 20 [Bethlehem]
Fraternal Order of Police Queen City # 10 [Allentown]
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (recommended)
Laborers District Council of Western Pennsylvania
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Berks Lodge #71
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Bucks County Lodge #53
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Fort Pitt Lodge #1
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Easton, PA
Philadelphia Fire Fighters and Paramedics Union – Local 22
Bethlehem Fire Fighters Local 735
Steamfitters Local Union 448
International Union of Operating Engineers
Recommended by Firearms Owners Against Crime
Recommended by the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police
Recommended by PA Pro-Life Federation
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter
Boilermakers Local 13
Wade Kagarise (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
National Federation of Independent Businesses – Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Bald Eagle Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 51
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council
Mountain City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #8
Sheridan Caton Memorial Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #98
National Rifle Association
Associated Builders and Contractors of PA
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation
Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Boilermakers Local 13
Craig Stedman (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
PA Conference of Teamsters
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (recommended)
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Recommended)
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association
Red Rose Lodge #16 – Lancaster County Fraternal Order of Police
Humane PA
Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mary Murray (R)
LIFEPAC
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
Jules Mermelstein (Green Party)
Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)
Race for Commonwealth Court (Vote for Two)
Ellen Ceisler (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
United Coal Miners of PA
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
PA Chapter of the International Association of Firefighters
International Association of Firefighters from Pittsburgh (Local 1), Philadelphia (Local 22), Allentown (Local 302) and Bethlehem (Local 735), Local 320
PA National Organization for Women
HPAE (Health Professionals and Allied Employees)
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Philadelphia Gay News
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Endorsed)
Pennsylvania State Trooper Association
Communication Workers of America District 2-13
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
AFL-CIO of Allegheny, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Westmoreland Counties
AFSCME District Council 33; District Council 47; District Council 1199c
Liberty City LGBT Club
Philadelphia Building Trades
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5
Planned Parenthood Pa PAC
Pennsylvania Sierra Club
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Conservation Voters of PA
Pennsylvania Sierra Club
Allegheny County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Boilermakers Local 13
Americans for Democratic Action
Irene Clark (D)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Plumbers Local 690
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO
Philadelphia Gay News
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
PA Working Families
Christine Fizzano Cannon (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
PA Professional Fire Fighters Association
Delaware County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 27
PA State Police, Pioneer Lodge # 37
Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters
Pennsylvania Building and Trades Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police (recommended)
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (Endorsed)
Pennsylvania State Trooper Association
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
International Association of Fire Fighters
Pittsburgh Fire Fighters IAFF Local 1
Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police – Fort Pitt Lodge # 1 and Allegheny Valley Lodge #39
Conservation Voters of PA
Pennsylvania Sierra Club
Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Boilermakers Local 13
Paul Lalley (R)
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry PAC
Pennsylvania Medical Society Political Action Committee
National Federation of Independent Businesses – Pennsylvania
LIFEPAC
Lancaster County Action
Firearm Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation Political Action Committee
Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter