The Pennsylvania Senate on Dec. 18 confirmed prominent Senate Republican aide Drew Crompton to fill a vacancy on the Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Inspector General Bruce Beemer to fill a vacancy on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
Beemer was confirmed by a vote of 49-0, but the vote to confirm Crompton was 42-7, after several Democrats in the Senate expressed reservations about his lack of experience as a judge and questioned his ability to be impartial because of his work with the legislature.
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