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 5th, the list will be periodically updated as new endorsements are announced.
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*Endorsement List as of 10/9/19
Candidates for Superior Court (voters pick two)
Judge Christylee Peck (R)
Recommended by the PA Fraternal Order of Police
Recommended by Firearm Owners Against Crime
Recommended by Pennsylvania Bar Association
Endorsed By Pennsylvania State Correction Officers Association
Endorsed by Pro Life Federation
Endorsed by Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Endorsed by Keystone Lodge #41 of Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Endorsed by National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
Megan King (R)
Recommended by Pennsylvania Bar Association
Endorsed Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs
Endorsed by Pro Life Federation
Endorsed by Firearms Owners against Crime
Recommended by Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police
Recommended by the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Endorsed by National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
Amanda Green-Hawkins (D)
Endorsed by PA AFL-CIO
Endorsed by United Steelworkers
Endorsed by Steel City Stonewall Democrats
Endorsed by Lancaster County Democratic Committee
Endorsed by Dauphin County Democrats
Endorsed by Chester County Democrats
Endorsed by Delco Democrats
Endorsed by United Mine Workers of America
Endorsed by TWU Local 234
Endorsed by Pennsylvania Young Democrats
Endorsed by KML Brotherhood of Carpenters
Endorsed by Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Inc.
Judge Daniel McCaffery (D)
Recommended by the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania State Building & Construction Trades Council
Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council
Lehigh Valley Building & Construction Trades Council
Keystone Mountain Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters
Operating Engineers Local 542
Steamfitters Local 420
IBEW Local 98
IBEW Local 5
IBEW Local 375
IUPAT
Plumbers Local 690
Sheetmetal Workers Local 19
Pennsylvania Democratic Party
Pennsylvania Democratic Black Caucus
Liberty City LGBT Democrats
Philadelphia Firefighters
Bethlehem Firefighters
Allentown Firefighters
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 Philadelphia
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 91 Allegheny County
Lehigh Valley for All
Planned Parenthood PAC
Superior Court Judges Standing for Retention (voters select “Yes”or “No”)
Judge Anne E Lazarus
Pennsylvania Bar Association-Recommended for Retention
Endorsed by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Judge Judith F. Olson – Superior Court
Pennsylvania Bar Association-Recommended for Retention
Endorsed by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Commonwealth Court Judges Standing for Retention (voters select “Yes”or “No”)
Judge Kevin Brobson – Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania Bar Association-Recommended for Retention
Endorsed by The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association
Endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police
Endorsed by The Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association
Endorsed by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Judge Patricia McCullough – Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania Bar Association-Recommended for Retention
Endorsed by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
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