PITTSBURGH —

Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, including Justice David Wecht, are campaigning for retention as their 10-year terms come to an end, with voters set to decide their fate on Nov. 4.

"It's a great feeling to be here in my hometown, and there's no place like it in the world," Wecht said. Advertisement

The retention process stems from a compromise made during a constitutional convention in the 1960s, where Pennsylvania voters agreed on a system that combines partisan elections with a nonpartisan retention vote after 10 years.

"The compromise was that judges at all levels would be elected in partisan elections, and then after 10 years, they would stand in a nonpartisan yes/no election, which would test the people's assessment of their merit, their integrity and their

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