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Christine Donohue
Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Background: Prior to her service on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, she was a judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court from 2008 to 2015. From 1989 to 2007, she was a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C. and worked as a private practice attorney from 1980 to 1989.
At a glance
- Court
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2015); retained by voters in a retention election on November 4, 2025
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- January 8, 2016
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 4, 2025
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Democratic
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: East Stroudsburg University, 1974
- Law: Duquesne University School of Law, 1980
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Christine Donohue’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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