Husband of Pa. high court candidate begins prison sentence
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The husband of a Pennsylvania appellate judge who is running for the state’s highest court began serving a prison sentence Tuesday in a long-running case involving taking money from an elderly woman’s trust fund to benefit several political campaigns and a charity connected to his wife.
Charles McCullough’s incarceration comes as voters decide whether to back his wife, Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough (R), in her bid for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.
Patricia McCullough is seeking the Republican nomination in May 18?s primary election against two fellow Republican judges, Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin Brobson and Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick. The state Republican Party committee members raised the case during closed-door endorsement meetings earlier this year and it weighed on their decision. “No question about it,” said Dick Stewart, who is co-chair of the party’s central caucus. “She got next to zero votes at the full meeting.” The state party went on to endorse Brobson.
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