[2] Jane Cutler Greenspan Democratic Joan Orie Melvin Republican Voters were asked to fill a single vacancy on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

[4] Orie Melvin won the seat with 53 percent of the vote, restoring the 4–3 Republican majority that had existed on the court prior to the 2007 state election.

[6] Low voter turnout, especially in Panella's native Philadelphia, played a key role in Orie Melvin's victory.

The Pennsylvania Republican Party picked Paula Ott,[12] President Judge of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, while the Pennsylvania Democratic Party picked Teresa Sarmina,[13] Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, as their nominees.

[15] On December 1, the Pennsylvania Department of State announced that the recount had been completed, with the results essentially unchanged; Lazarus won the fourth seat.

[20][21] Governor Ed Rendell nominated Johnny G. Butler, a Republican, to fill the vacant seat of Judge James Gardner Colins.

The two leading Democratic candidates were Barbara Behrend Ernsberger (22.0%) and Linda Judson (21.1%) followed by Jimmy Lynn (15.3%) Michael Sherman (14.9%) Stephen Pollok (13.5%) and Daniel Brickmont (13.3%).