Election Guide - May 2011
Here is my election guide for the primary elections in May of 2011.
It is less neat than usual, partly because it has been completed at the last minute. Bold candidates are the ones I am endorsing.
PA Superior Court Judge, DEM candidate
David Wecht
PA Commonwealth Court Judge, DEM candidate
Kathryn Boockvar
Kathryn was endorsed by the newspaper. She has support from the bar association as being well-qualified.
Barbara Ernsberger
Barbara was not endorsed by the newspaper. She is overtly political (not a good thing in Judges, I believe). She was found not qualified by the bar association.
Court of Common Please Judge, DEM candidate (pick 5)
Nathaniel Nichols
Endorsed by the Democrats. Law Professor. Non-partisan. Endorsed by the Republicans also! Considered well-qualified by the Bar association.
Michael Schleigh
Democratic politician and lawyer. Not recommended by the bar.
Sally Ann Heckert-Bikin
Lawyer who filed as and was endorsed by the Democrats. Not recommended by the bar.
G. Lawrence Demarco
Lawyer who filed as and was endorsed by the Democrats. Not recommended by the bar.
G. Michael Green
Former DA. Republican candidate (but has also cross-filed as a Democrat). Has good funding for his campaign, and nice campaign website and such. Rated well-qualified by the bar.** **
John Capuzzi
A current Judge. Republican candidate (but has also cross-filed as a Democrat). Rated well-qualified by the bar (always a little questionable for sitting judges).
Spiros Angelos
Republican candidate (but has also cross-filed as a Democrat). Rated well-qualified by the bar.
Christine Cannon
Republican candidate (but has also cross-filed as a Democrat).
NOTE: As you can see, for this election I have NOT followed my usual practice of considering the candidate first and the party recommendation as only one (minor) factor. The reason is that I think it is good to have multiple candidates on the actual (November) ballot. So I have chosen to vote for the candidates endorsed by the Democratic party. That does NOT necessarily mean I would be supporting them in November
County Council Member, DEM candidate (pick 3)
Lin Floyd
Jayne Young
Keith Collins
County District Attorney, DEM candidate
M. Kendall Brown
Township Commissioner (Ward 5), DEM candidate
Darin Hayton
School Director DEM candidate (pick 5)
Coleen Bennett
Maxine Murdoch
Joseph Martin
Lawrence Feinberg
Patricia Giambuzzi