LAWRENCE COUNTY Superior Court candidate will campaign in New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Susan Gantman, a candidate for the Pennsylvania Superior Court, is making a campaign stop Friday in Lawrence County.
Gantman, of Montgomery County, is a former assistant district attorney. She is now practicing private law.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association has recommended her for the position, stating that she articulates her positions and writes in a clear, thoughtful and persuasive fashion.
Gantman, a Republican, will be attending a small fund-raiser at attorney Jack Flannery's offices in the morning and then visiting the county courthouse. Flannery said she is making her stop in Lawrence County en route from Pittsburgh to Erie.
Explanation
The Pennsylvania Superior Court is one of two intermediate appellate courts. It hears all criminal and civil appeals from the Courts of Common Pleas except for death penalty cases and those specifically assigned to the Commonwealth Court.
The Court has fifteen judges, with the president judge elected by the members. Judges of the Superior Court must be lawyers and must reside in Pennsylvania for at least a year before their election and for as long as they continue in office.
Republicans seeking the position are Gantman and Judge Palmer Dolbin of Schuykill County, and Grainger Bowman, a lawyer and former assistant district attorney from Cumberland County.
Democrats running for the court are Judge Jack Panella of Northampton County Common Pleas Court, Judge Seamus McCaffery of Philadelphia Municipal Court and Judge John Driscoll of Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court.