HARRISBURG, Pa.—Central Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman, the newly elected state Republican Party chairman, will face his first big challenge this year with the control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the ballot.
Rothman, who won the party chairmanship with overwhelming support in a 248-120 vote last month, will look to fill three state Supreme Court seats with three Democratic justices up for retention elections.
The judicial elections are for 10-year terms. On the ballot is a yes-or-no for a position that has an oversized impact on the average person. Despite their power, these elections are often decided with very low turnout.
Case in point, the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court stepped over the line in 2018 by redrawing the entire state’s congressional map, putting a finger on the scale in a role it never held.
Just over 16 months after being…
