John Cleland

Governor Ed Rendell, in a deal with Senate Republicans, nominated 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans for open judicial seats.

As an AP report mentions, those nominated included Jane Cutler Greenspan, a 20-year Philadelphia common pleas court judge, for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Ralph Cappy earlier this year.

Also getting the nomination were Johnny J. Butler, a former Labor and Industry secretary under Ridge's Republican administration, John M. Cleland, the president judge of McKean County, and Robert A. Freedberg, the president judge of Northampton County.