Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

's state elections were held November 6, 2001.Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
Necessary primary elections were held on May 15, 2001.Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information

Justice of the Supreme Court

Democratic primary

Candidate

* Kate Ford Elliott

Results

Republican primary

Candidate

Michael Eakin J. Michael Eakin (born November 18, 1948) is an American lawyer, who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the State's Supreme Court in 2001 as a Republican. In November 2011, Justice E ...

, Judge of the

Superior Court of Pennsylvania The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is one of two Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts (the other being the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania). It is based in Harrisburg. Jurisdiction The Superior Court hears appeals in criminal and mos ...

Results

General election

Results

Judge of the Superior Court

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Stephanie Domitrovich * Lydia Y. Kirkland *

David Wecht David Norman Wecht (born May 20, 1962) is an American attorney and jurist, who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania since 2016. Prior to his election in 2015, Wecht had served as a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvani ...

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* John T. Bender *

Mary Jane Bowes Mary Jane Bowes is a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. She was elected in 2001 and began her term in January 2002. Education and legal career Bowes earned a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from ...

* Palmer Dolbin * Richard B. Klein

Results

General election

Results

Judge of the Commonwealth Court

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Irwin W. Aronson * James J. Dodaro * Jerry Langan

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* Renee Cohn * Mary Hanna Leavitt * Robin Simpson

Results

General election

Results

Judicial retention

Supreme Court

Superior Court

Commonwealth Court

References

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Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...