Democrat Stella Tsai will join Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, and Brandon P. Neuman will sit on the Superior Court. 

In Pennsylvania court races, two Democrats secured seats on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth and Superior Courts. 

The Associated Press called the Commonwealth Court race at 10:47pm for Stella Tsai, who won a seat on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court with 55.4% of the vote against Republican candidate Matthew Wolford. 

At 10:48pm, the race for Superior Court was called with 54.6% of the vote taken by Brandon P. Neuman. Republican opponent Maria Battista secured 43.4% of the vote. 

Judges on both courts serve ten-year terms once elected and will later face a retention vote to win another ten years. 

Tsai has served as a judge on Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas since 2016. According to her campaign website, she has “volunteered to safeguard voting rights, immigrant rights, and civil rights.”

She was endorsed by the state Democratic Committee. 

Tsai also received support from the Pennsylvania Bar Association, who rated her as “highly recommended” and said she has “a long and diverse legal career”. 

Wolford, the Republican candidate in the race for Commonwealth Court, campaigned on his promise to “not legislate from the bench” and emphasized that he “is running for Judge of the Commonwealth Court because he is concerned about government over-regulation and overreach.”

Wolford received an endorsement from the Pennsylvania Republican Party. He was also “highly recommended” by the Pennsylvania Bar Association for “litigating all aspects of environmental law.”

Neuman, the Democrat winner of the Superior Court seat, secured nominations from the Pennsylvania Laborers’ District Council, the Fraternal Order of Police, the State Troopers Association, and the Sheriffs’ Association. 

He formerly served as a judge on the county’s Court of Common Pleas since 2018. He served in the state House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017. 

Neuman was also “highly recommended” by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. 

His Republican opponent, Battista, previously served as assistant general counsel for the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and State under former Governors Tom Corbett and Tom Wolf. She currently serves as president at consulting firm Judge Government Services. 

In 2023, Battista unsuccessfully ran for Superior Court with the endorsement of the state Republican Party. She received the endorsement this year, but only after securing the primary vote over Ann Marie Wheatcraft.