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Posted: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 11:48PM
Victory Helps GOP Retake Control of Pa. Supreme Court
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by KYW's Ian Bush
Republican Joan Orie Melvin has been elected to Pennsylvania's highest court.
She beat Democrat Jack Panella in a race that will change the partisan balance of the seven-justice Supreme Court.
Melvin's victory restores a one-seat majority the GOP lost two years ago.
The battle's visibility was raised thanks to the millions of dollars that poured in from trial lawyers and organized labor, which fueled a barrage of attack ads by both candidates.
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