While voters will select a district attorney, city controller and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice in Tuesday's election, they'll be faced with even more choices in other races.

Statewide, voters will elect four judges to Superior Court and two judges to Commonwealth Court.

The Superior Court race has attracted nine candidates.

The Democrats are Common Pleas Court Judges Robert J. Colville of Allegheny County and Anne E. Lazarus and Teresa Sarmina of Philadelphia, and Kevin Francis McCarthy, who works in the appellate unit of the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office.

The Republicans are Common Pleas Court Judges Judy Olson of Allegheny County and Paula Ott of Chester County and lawyers Sallie Mundy of Tioga County and Temp Smith of Allegheny County.

Marakay J. Rogers, a York lawyer, is running as a Libertarian.

There are four candidates seeking two spots on Commonwealth Court. The Democrats are Pittsburgh lawyers Barbara Behrend Ernsberger and Linda Judson. The Republicans are lawyers Patricia McCullough of Allegheny County and Kevin Brobson of Harrisburg.

Two statewide judges are seeking retention to the bench. They are Superior Court's Kate Ford Elliott and Commonwealth Court's Dan Pellegrini.

Philadelphians will have no choice when it comes to races for Common Pleas and Municipal Court.

In the race for seven seats on Common Pleas Court, there are just seven candidates: Robert Coleman, Angeles Roca, Diane Thompson, Donna Woelpper, Dan Anders, Adam Beloff and Roxanne Covington.

Six of the candidates are running on both major party tickets, while Covington is only on the Democratic ballot.

There are four candidates for four Municipal Court openings. Charles Hayden, Joseph C. Waters Jr., Dawn A. Segal and Pat Dugan are running on both tickets.

After the spring primary, candidates who won only on the Republican ticket dropped out of the race, with the support of the party. They were replaced by the victorious Democrats.

In Philadelphia, especially in low-profile judicial races, Republicans have little chance of winning in the general election because Democrats enjoy a huge voter-registration advantage.

The following city judges are seeking retention:

Common Pleas Court Judges Sandy L.V. Byrd, Ida Chen, Pamela Pryor Dembe, Richard J. Gordon, Glynnis D. Hill, Benjamin Lerner, Annette M. Rizzo, Karen Shreeves-Johns and Sheila A. Woods-Skipper.

Also, Municipal Court Judges Frank T. Brady, Barbara S. Gilbert, Lydia Y. Kirkland, Gerard A. Kosinski, Marsha H. Neifield and Craig M. Washington.

And, Traffic Court Judges Bernice Ann DeAngelis and Earlene Green.

All of the judges running for retention will likely win easily, including Washington, who provoked anger in February while presiding over preliminary hearings at the 35th Police District headquarters.

A 35th district officer, John Pawlowski, was shot to death four days earlier. Officers set up a memorial in his honor, including two pictures on the courtroom bench.

Washington ordered officers to remove the pictures but they refused. The judge turned them face down.

John McNesby, president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, promised to vigorously oppose Washington's retention, with other unions agreeing to join the FOP in opposition.

Anti-Washington banners were flown by planes over the beaches from Atlantic City to Cape May on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends and over the Ben Franklin Parkway during the Sunoco Welcome America! celebration.

Washington campaign officials contacted the FOP, which directed them to meet with the Pawlowski family.

A meeting was held at the FOP, where Washington apologized and agreed to make a donation to the charity of the family's choice.

Now, the police union is not leading any effort to oppose the judge.

"We called off the dogs," McNesby said.