Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 3, 2015, to fill judicial positions (including three seats on the Supreme Court), to fill a vacancy in the Pennsylvania State Senate, to allow judicial retention votes, and to fill numerous county, local and municipal offices.

The necessary primary elections were held on May 19, 2015.

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2015 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election

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3 seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 4 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Kevin Dougherty David Wecht Christine Donohue Judith F. Olson Michael George Anne Covey Party Democratic Republican Last election 3 4 Seats before 2 2 Seats won 3 0 Seats after 5 2 Seat change 3 Popular vote 3,237,329[lower-alpha 1] 2,502,380[lower-alpha 1] Percentage 55.0% 42.5%
County results: Democrats:      <50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90% Republicans:      <50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%

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There were three open seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Justice Joan Orie Melvin resigned on May 1, 2013. Governor Tom Corbett nominated then-Superior Court Judge Correale Stevens as an interim appointee.^[1] Justice Stevens indicated he would run for a full term.^[2] The second vacancy was caused by the resignation of Justice Seamus McCaffery on October 27, 2014. The third vacancy was due to the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Ronald Castille on December 31, 2014.^[3]

Judge Paul Panepinto, a registered Republican, of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, ran in the general election as an Independent candidate.^[4]

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2015 Pennsylvania Superior Court election

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Nominee Alice B. Dubow Emil Giordano Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,058,753 933,691 Percentage 53.1% 46.9%

Judge before election Patricia Jenkins Republican Elected Judge Alice Dubow Democratic

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Judge Patricia Jenkins, opted to not run for re-election, after being initially appointed by Governor Tom Corbett to replace then-Judge Correale Stevens, who was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.^[19]

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2015 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court election

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Nominee Michael Wojcik Paul Lalley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,060,314 946,079 Percentage 52.8% 47.2%

Judge before election Dan Pellegrini Democratic Elected Judge Michael Wojcik Democratic

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There was one vacancy to fill on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, due to the mandatory retirement of President Judge Dan Pellegrini.

There was one vacancy to fill in the Pennsylvania State Senate, in the 37th district, created by the resignation of Matthew H. Smith.

• Philadelphia mayoral election, 2015