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Cheryl Lynn Allen
415,375 votes
35.5%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
- The ONLY Republican candidate HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by the Pennsylvania Bar Association for ascension to Superior Court
- Rated HIGHLY QUALIFIED by the Allegheny County Bar Association
- Judicial Experience: 17 Years. Previously a lawyer for 15 years.
- Recipient of more than 35 awards for Community Service and Professional Achievements
- PA Bar states, "She has a well-earned reputation as a productive, principled and dedicated jurist who decides cases with fairness and impartiality."
- Earned Juris Doctor degree from The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and her Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University
Priorities:
- To uphold the Constitutions and law and NOT legislate from the bench
- Judicial independence, a strict constructionist; transparency in the court system
- Be devoted to public service and a good steward of taxpayer funds
Bruce F. Bratton
382,179 votes
32.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Judge, Court of Common Pleas
- Penn State grad
- Served his country in Vietnam
- 25 years broad legal experience
- 11 years as Solicitor to Dauphin County Controller
- Served as Susquehanna Twp. Supervisor
- Nominated to Court by Tom Ridge in 2001
Priorities:
- I have a rather conservative view on most matters, particularly with regard to the role of a judge
- I believe a judge does not serve a policy-making function and should, therefore, restrict himself or herself to interpreting and applying the law a
- A judge is to put aside all personally held beliefs and decide the cases which come before him or her by applying the law to the facts and do so impar
Jacqueline O. Shogan
372,616 votes
31.8%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Attorney with Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP
- Recommended" by the PBA
- Certified arbitrator and mediator
- Teaches appellate practice at Pitt Law School,
- Extensive experience in civil, administrative and criminal law
- Former nurse and nurse educator.
- 1990, Duke University School of Law, J.D. (high honors)
Priorities:
- Judges must avoid even the appearance of impropriety, which includes the appearance of lacking judicial independence
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