A national Democratic group, the ACLU, and Pa.'s richest person are now spending on judicial retention

HARRISBURG — Spending on Pennsylvania’s critical Supreme Court retention elections is mounting, with three more influential and well-heeled groups beginning to fund ads and mailers.

A national group, the deep-pocketed Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, says its six-figure support of the three Democratic justices up for retention is an investment in protecting abortion access and elections.

The state and national chapters of the ACLU say they plan to spend $500,000 on a mail campaign to inform voters about the race “and what it means for their civil rights and civil liberties.” The organization’s website does not make an explicit case for yes or no, but the ACLU previously spent money attacking Republican judge Carolyn Carluccio during the court’s contested 2023 election.

The third heavy hitter getting into the race, conservative group Commonwealth Partners, has begun spending more quietly. Part of a network of political organizations heavily funded by Bala Cynwyd stock trading billionaire Jeff Yass, it hasn’t laid out the scope of its plans, but launched a wave of social media ads, mailers, and text messages asking voters to “term limit the woke Democrat Pennsylvania Supreme Court.”



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