Commentary ERIE, Pennsylvania—Voters in the Keystone State, as in Virginia, took Tuesday’s election as an opportunity to rebut Democrats’ overreach. Driven by the loudest voices in their national party toward issues of social justice, “intersectionality,” and “climate justice,” Democrats suffered for ignoring everyday issues such as inflation, crime, and education. With mail-in ballots still pending, Republicans are poised to sweep all four of Pennsylvania’s statewide judicial elections. They also made gains in municipal races. In the collar counties surrounding Philadelphia, voters echoed the same dissatisfaction with Democrats that was displayed in the surprising results in neighboring New Jersey. This corrected some of the suburban losses that Republicans had experienced in Philly during the Trump years. In Bucks County, where Republicans have struggled to hold any local elected office in the last four years, they kept the district attorney’s office in their column and picked up offices for sheriff and prothonotary. …
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