Superior Court races are too close to call

The election for two seats on Pennsylvania Superior Court, the only statewide race, was too close to call with about 60% of precincts reporting Tuesday night.

The Democratic nominees were Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Daniel McCaffery and Amanda Green-Hawkins, of Pittsburgh, a lawyer for the United Steelworkers.

They ran against Republicans Megan McCarthy King, a Chester County assistant district attorney, and Cumberland County Court Judge Christylee Peck.

There were two vacancies on the 15-judge Superior Court, a statewide appellate court that hears thousands of appeals annually in civil and criminal cases, as well as family matters. The judges are elected to 10-year terms, after which they face uncontested retention elections.

The vacancies were created when a Republican judge declined to seek retention and a Democrat became a senior judge.

The court typically sits in three-judge panels in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.

Seeking retention were Judges Anne Lazarus and Judith F. Olson.