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Crompton concedes; GOP takes three of four statewide judicial races

BY: - November 23, 2021

The Republican candidate in the last contested statewide race conceded on Tuesday, leaving the GOP as winners in three of the four statewide judicial races on the Nov. 2 ballot. In a tweet early Tuesday afternoon, Republican Drew Crompton, a Commonwealth Court judge appointed in 2019 who was running for a full, 10- year term, […]

Pa. statewide judge race heads to recount, GOP requests another in Chester County

BY: - November 10, 2021

The recount is the latest sign of the tightening in many races that appeared to be going well for Republicans on Election Night.

COMMENTARY

Conservative group mobilizes against Senate GOP aide Crompton’s judicial nomination | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 26, 2019

Conservative activists say 'there must be more qualified candidates'

As senior Senate GOP aide Crompton looks to a future on state court, critics have questions

BY: - November 20, 2019

Drew Crompton says he's ready for a clean break from the Senate.

Wolf nominates senior Senate GOP aide Crompton to fill appeals court vacancy

BY: and - November 19, 2019

His nomination appeared on an executive calendar for Tuesday, Nov. 18, and could come before a Senate committee on the same day.

Top Senate Republicans aren’t happy with Pa.’s environmental regulators. Here’s why

BY: - April 25, 2019

Two senior Republican senators want an appellate court to force the state Department of Environmental Protection to issue new clean water standards for a byproduct of coal mining. Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, and Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee Chairman Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming, filed the suit in late March in Commonwealth Court. […]

Why does the Pa. Legislature begin sessions with prayer? Experts say it’s more than just tradition.

BY: - March 30, 2019

When a member of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives gave a fiery Christian prayer before the chamber welcomed a new Muslim lawmaker on Monday, critics were quick to denounce it as Islamophobic and unconstitutional. In a two-minute prayer, Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, R-Clinton, called Jesus “our only hope” and willed “every knee” to bow to God. Minutes […]