Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Retain 3 Democratic Justices

Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht faced retention elections after serving 10 years on the state’s Supreme Court.

A poster urging voters to vote "yes" to retain Pennsylvania state court judges and justices, placed outside the Green Tree Borough Municipal Center in Green Tree, Pa., on Nov. 4, 2025. Ryan Morgan/The Epoch Times

PITTSBURGH—Pennsylvania voters have decided to retain three of their state Supreme Court justices for another decade, after an unusually contentious judicial election season.

Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht—three of the five Democrats on Pennsylvania’s seven-member Supreme Court—were each due to face a regular judicial retention election on Nov. 4.