PA Political Digest - It's primary day in PA + the arc

Sharp analysis of PA politics and campaigns writ large

Welcome to the PA Primary Day post here at PPD - I’m your guide, GOP political consultant Christopher Nicholas.

If you’re a Republican or Democrat here in PA, polls are open from 7am - 8pm in our Municipal Primary.

The biggest race in PA this year - the up or down Retention votes on the three Democratic Supreme Court Justices - will occur in our November General Election and will attract national attention. (Here in the Keystone State we elect all of our judges - local, county and state. After their initial 10-year term, our County and State judges do not run for re-election, but rather stand for Retention, a simple up or down Yes/No vote.)

More on that race in the weeks to come.

Here’s a link to a TV story yours truly appeared in late last week previewing some of today’s key races.

And here’s a story about a very unusual PA election - 2 municipalities (a city and a Township) are set to merge next year in Clearfield County and today begins their process of creating a new Council for their…