Here’s what Pennsylvania voters need to know about state Supreme Court Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht.

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A GOP-controlled state legislature drew the map in 2011. The current court overturned it in 2018, declaring it a partisan gerrymander.

Gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, a mayoral showdown in New York City, California's Prop 50 and Pennsylvania's Supreme Court contests top the ballot box on Election Day 2025

Concerned over conservatives’ efforts to realign the state’s highest court, Democrats are ramping up spending in what is usually a low-key Pa. race.

They're called retention elections, and typically, they're as low key as elections get. But these days, the races are being contested due to increased partisan politics.

Some counties in Pennsylvania are electing sheriffs this year. Montgomery County will elect a sheriff in 2027.

Voters on Nov. 4 will be asked to mark “yes” or “no” on whether each justice should be retained for another 10-year term, in what are usually sleepy off-year elections.

Voters across PA will have at least some rights to be notified and have some recourse if their mail ballots are at risk of being rejected because of mistakes.

It’s probably the most shameless political ad I’ve ever seen,” said Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht in a rare interview.