Daily News | Pa. primary election 2023: Supreme Court candidates with party backing show fundraising advantage
Justices elected as Democrats have been in the majority since 2015, and flipping the court back has been a top Republican priority since then. The seven-member court is currently composed of four Democrats and two Republicans.
Carluccio, who is endorsed by the state Republican Party, has raised about $146,500 since the beginning of the year, mostly from a handful of big donors. Alfred Barbour, president of a western Pennsylvania metal manufacturer, also donated $25,000 to Carluccio’s campaign. Barbour and his wife, Mary, have donated thousands of dollars to Republican races over the past few years —to Bill McSwain’s unsuccessful primary campaign for U.S. Senate and Kevin Brobson’s successful campaign for a state Supreme Court seat.
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