Pa. Supreme Court election features races in both parties
There are two candidates from each party seeking the nomination to run for Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
On the Republican ballot are Patricia McCullough, currently a Commonwealth Court judge, and Carolyn Carluccio, a judge of the Montgomery Court of Common Pleas.
On the Democratic ballot are Daniel McCaffery and Debbie Kunselman, both Superior Court justices.
McCaffery, a Philadelphia native, was elected to Superior Court in 2019.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, McCaffery began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, where he was assigned to the major trials unit.
Following his stint in the DA’s office, McCaffery joined a private firm based in Montgomery County and spent 16 years there as a civil trial attorney.
Before being elected to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2013, McCaffery volunteered as legal counsel for the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee and was a member of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee. McCaffery’s website notes that he has also worked on 50 campaigns as a manager, fundraiser, and canvasser.
Kunselman is based in Beaver County. She was an honors graduate of both Penn State University and the University of Notre Dame Law School.
She began her judicial career with an election to the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas in 2005 — the first woman ever elected to that position, and won a seat on Superior Court in 2017.
She spent 13 years in private practice before that, working in civil litigation and family and employment law at several Pittsburgh-area law firms. During eight of those years, she also served as assistant solicitor and then chief solicitor for Beaver County.
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