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JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
FOR JEWISH CANDIDATES
at state and local levels,
Pennsylvania’s primary
election on May 18 was mostly
a day for celebration.

In perhaps one of the
most high-profile races in the
commonwealth, incumbent
District Attorney of Philadelphia
Larry Krasner soundly defeated
The Associated Press called the race for Philadelphia District Attorney
Larry Krasner, as his margin of victory grew and grew, with the incum-
bent eventually winning by nearly 30 points.

Democratic challenger Carlos
Vega, a former prosecutor who
Krasner fired back in 2018.

The Associated Press called
the race for Krasner that night
as his margin of victory grew
and grew, with the incum-
bent eventually winning by
nearly 30 points. Krasner, the
longtime defense and civil
rights attorney first elected
in 2017, will face off against
Republican Charles Peruto, Jr.

this fall in a race that Krasner
will be heavily favored to win.

Maria McLaughlin, profiled
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in the Jewish Exponent in
March, was unchallenged in
her bid to be the Democratic
nominee for a soon-to-be-
open seat on the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court. McLaughlin,
who grew up in Overbrook Park
and spent nearly 20 years as
an assistant district attorney in
Philadelphia, previously served
on the Philadelphia Court
of Common Pleas and the
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

With Chief Justice Thomas
Saylor, a Republican, set to
retire, McLaughlin’s election
to the court could create a
6-1 majority for Democrats.

She’ll run against Republican
Commonwealth Court Judge
Kevin Brobson this fall.

In Philadelphia, Wendi
Barish, Betsy Wahl, Daniel
Sulman and Craig Levin were
all successful in their bids to join
the group of eight Democratic
jurists who will look to serve
on the Philadelphia Court
of Common Pleas this fall.

Among all 16 candidates, only
Nick Kamau received more
votes than Barish.

And finally, Rebecca
Rhynhart, who has been city
controller since 2018, went
unchallenged in her campaign
for the Democratic nomina-
tion for the same position. The
former chief administrative
officer for Mayor Jim Kenney is
expected to retain her position
this fall, with some political
forecasters seeing higher office
on the horizon for her.

At the Superior Court level,
two Jewish Democratic jurists,
Bryan Neft and Jill Beck, were
defeated by Timika Lane.

Lane will now face off against
Republican primary winner
Megan Sullivan this fall.

In Bucks County, Amir
Stark finished second in the
Maria McLaughlin
Photo by R.D. Gallego
Daniel Sulman
Photo by Kevin Geary
Craig Levin
Courtesy of Craig Levin for Judge
Republican primary for the
Court of Common Pleas of
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We Stand with the People of Israel.

Over the past two weeks, Hamas has launched over 4,000 rockets
aimed at Israeli population centers, forcing millions of people into
bomb shelters every night and causing unimaginable destruction,
trauma and the deaths of innocent civilians. Israel, like all nations,
has the right to protect itself from terrorism and defend her people.

For Hamas, this is not about evictions, annexation, or statehood; nor
is it about building a better future for Palestinians. Hamas’s victims
include the Palestinian people who have suffered for years under the
regime’s violence, corrupt leadership and disturbing human rights
violations, including using children as human shields and launching
rockets at civilian targets from schools and hospitals for their own
political benefit.

We will always stand with the right of the Jewish people to live and
to thrive, especially in their ancestral homeland in Israel.

We pray that the new ceasefire will hold and calm will soon be
restored in the region. We extend our prayers for recovery to all
those injured and mourn for all innocent lives lost. We join with
those ever-yearning for a more peaceful, secure, and just future for
all living in the region and around the world.

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