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JUDICIAL ELECTION CANDIDATE RATINGS
Below is a list of Allegheny County judicial candidates who won the May 18, 2021 primary election and will now appear on the ballot in the Nov. 2 general municipal election.
The candidates have been evaluated by the ACBA Judiciary Committee, made up of 24 ACBA members, elected by their fellow bar association members. Click on the candidate's name to access the questionnaire each submitted in order to request a rating. For an explanation of the ratings used, click here.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CANDIDATE NAME
ACBA JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RATING
William (Bill) Caye^
Jessel Costa III*
Anthony DeLuca
Mark Patrick Flaherty
Nicola Henry-Taylor
Rick Hosking
Hon. Elliot Howsie
Hon. Daniel J. Konieczka, Jr.
Sabrina Korbel
Lisa Middleman
Joseph Patrick Murphy*
Chuck Porter
Tiffany Sizemore
* Candidate opted not to appear before the Judiciary Committee and was rated in absentia.
^ Candidate has a pre-existing rating from 2017 or prior when candidates’ questionnaires were not made public because they contained confidential, private information.
COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
No candidates from Allegheny County who requested a rating from the ACBA are on the ballot. Visit PaVoteSmart.org for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s ratings of all candidates running for the Pa. Commonwealth Court.
SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
No candidates from Allegheny County who requested a rating from the ACBA are on the ballot. Visit PaVoteSmart.org for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s ratings of all candidates running for the Pa. Superior Court.
SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
No candidates from Allegheny County who requested a rating from the ACBA are on the ballot. Visit PaVoteSmart.org for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s ratings of all candidates running for the Pa. Supreme Court.