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For first time, Pa. voters oust a Supreme Court justice
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| Last Edited | Chronicler Nov 09, 2005 01:34am |
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| News Date | Nov 09, 2005 01:00am |
| Description | For first time, Pa. voters oust a Supreme Court justice
11/9/2005, 1:53 a.m. ET
By PETER JACKSON
The Associated Press
PHILADLEPHIA (AP) — In an unprecedented vote, Pennsylvanians denied a Supreme Court justice a second term Tuesday as public anger at state lawmakers over a pay-raise law spread to the state's highest court. A second justice won another term only narrowly.
Justice Russell M. Nigro won only 49 percent of the vote with 3 percent of the state's precincts still unreported, becoming the first statewide judge to be turned out of office in a yes-or-no "retention" election in the 36 years such elections have been held.
A Democrat, Nigro received strong support in and around his native Philadelphia but was overwhelmed by lopsided margins in south-central and southwestern regions of the state, where opposition to the pay raise was concentrated. |
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