Two candidates for judge have made Dauphin County history in an upset election Tuesday night.

Democrats Katy Kennedy-McShane and La Tasha Williams are both claiming victory in their bids for two open seats on the Dauphin County bench this year — becoming the first Democrats elected to that post in 33 years.

In doing so, La Tasha Williams became the first Black woman elected to the bench in Dauphin County history. Kennedy-McShane, meanwhile, broke the Dauphin County record for having the most expensive campaign.

The two, who have never held elected office, squelched two better known Republican office holders.

Republican District Attorney Fran Chardo’s defeat disrupts three decades of county tradition of district attorneys moving to the bench. Republican Jim Zugay, recorder of deeds for

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