The 10 candidates elected to Allegheny County Common Pleas judgeships this fall have been assigned to their courtrooms and though several campaigned on a platform to reform criminal justice, only one is set to actually begin hearing criminal cases.
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In Tuesday’s race for 10 seats on Allegheny County’s Court of Common Pleas, the four leading vote-getters as of 11 p.m. were Black, while six of the top 10 were women, according to unofficial results. Eighteen candidates appeared on the ballot — whittled down from 39 candidates in the primary.