Governor Tom Corbett nominated then-Superior Court Judge Correale Stevens as an interim appointee.

The third vacancy was due to the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Ronald Castille on December 31, 2014.

[3] Judge Paul Panepinto, a registered Republican, of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, ran in the general election as an Independent candidate.

[4] Patricia Jenkins Republican Alice Dubow Democratic Judge Patricia Jenkins, opted to not run for re-election, after being initially appointed by Governor Tom Corbett to replace then-Judge Correale Stevens, who was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

There was one vacancy to fill in the Pennsylvania State Senate, in the 37th district, created by the resignation of Matthew H. Smith.