Inquirer endorsements
The Inquirer Editorial Board's endorsements of candidates in Tuesday's elections.
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Seamus McCaffery - D.
Debra Todd - D.
Retention (Vote 'Yes' to retain)
Thomas Saylor
Superior Court
Cheryl Allen - R.
Christine Donohue - D.
John M. Younge - D.
Retention (Vote 'Yes' to retain)
Joan Orie Melvin
John L. Musmanno
Correale F. Stevens
Bonnie B. Leadbetter
Bernard L. McGinley
Doris Smith-Ribner
Philadelphia
Mayor
Michael Nutter - D.
City Council (Contested races only)
At-Large
James Kenney - D.
Wilson Goode Jr. - D.
Blondell Reynolds Brown - D.
Frank Rizzo Jr. -R.
David Oh - R.
First District
Frank J. DiCicco - D.
Second District
Anna C. Verna - D.
Third District
Jannie L. Blackwell - D.
Fourth District
Curtis J. Jones Jr. - D.
Sixth District
Joan L. Krajewski - D.
Eighth District
Rev. Jesse W. Brown Jr. - Ind.
Seventh District
Maria Quiñones Sánchez - D.
10th District
Brian J. O'Neill - R.
Court of Common Pleas
Linda A. Carpenter
Alice Beck Dubow
Michael Erdos
Ellen Green-Ceisler
Retention (Vote 'yes' to retain)
Mark I. Bernstein, Shelley Robins New, Gary DiVito, Rosalyn K. Robinson, John W. Herron, Peter F. Rogers, C. Darnell Jones 2d, M. Teresa Sarmina, Barbara A. Joseph, Edward R. Summers - YES
Municipal Court
Retention (Vote 'yes' to retain)
Wendy L. Pew, Ronald B. Merriweather, Louis J. Presenza - YES
Georganne V. Daher, Deborah S. Griffin, Teresa Carr Deni - NO
Questions
No. 1 - District Council residency: NO
No. 2 - $100,000 job for school family advocate: NO
No. 3 - $100,000 job for disabled advocate: NO
No. 4 - Infrastructure borrowing: YES
Montgomery County
Commissioner
Jim Matthews - R.
Ruth Damsker - D.
Bucks County
Commissioner
Charles Martin - R.
James Cawley - R.
Chester County
Commissioner
Carol Aichele - R.
Kathi Cozzone - D.
Delaware County
County Council
Andy Lewis - R.
Christine Fizzano Cannon - R.
Tom McGarrigle - R.
New Jersey
Ballot Questions
No. 1 - Sales tax restriction: NO
No. 2 - Stem-cell research: YES
No. 3 - Preservation bonds: YES
No. 4 - Voting competency: YES
State Senate
Third District
Steve Sweeney - D.
Fourth District
Fred Madden - D.
Fifth District
Dana Redd - D.
Sixth District
John Adler - D.
Seventh District
Diane Allen - R.
Eighth District
Philip Haines - R.
Burlington County
Freeholder
Joe Donnelly - R.
Camden County
Freeholder
Ed McDonnell - D.
Carmen Rodriguez - D.
Gloucester County
Freeholder
Joe Brigandi Jr. - D.
Jean Dubois - D.