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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG - Democrats on Tuesday won all three open seats on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, a stunning result in a historic race that could dramatically reshape the powerful but scandal-plagued institution for years to come.
Judges Kevin Dougherty, David Wecht, and Christine Donohue will join the seven-member bench in January, creating a dominant 5-2 Democratic majority as the court is poised to consider landmark cases involving the death penalty, natural gas drilling, and legislative redistricting.
Dougherty, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge and brother of the city labor leader John J. Dougherty, was the only Philadelphia-area candidate to win. He also was poised to outpoll all candidates, days after the city's Democratic establishment publicly urged voters to support him.
Republicans had controlled the bench since 2010, and hoped to retain the majority. But the Republican nominees - Judges Judy Olson, Mike George and Anne Covey - were solidly defeated, as was independent Paul Panepinto.
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Repuke gerrymandering's days are numbered, thanks to a Democratic state Supreme Court, as might be the death penalty and gas drilling (fracking).
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I voted for all 3! Always feels good to kick some Republican Ass. 
Note that the terms are for 10 years.
Now we need to mobilize to take back at least one chamber of the state legislature.
But better yet, let's take BOTH!
