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==Education==
==Education==
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A native of the [[
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A native of the [[
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:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] Area, Superior Judge Allen graduated from [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] in 1969 with her bachelor's degree and also graduated from [[wikipedia:University of Pittsburgh School of Law|Pittsburgh Law]] with her law degree in 1975<ref name="bio"/>
==Professional career==
==Professional career==
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Before entering the legal profession, Judge Allen was a Elementary school teacher, Pittsburgh Public Schools. After Allen graduated from [[wikipedia:University of Pittsburgh|Pitt Law]], Allen began her legal career as an Staff Attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services from 1975 to 1976, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission from 1976 to 1977, and the [[
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:Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] Law Department from 1977 to 1999. Judge Allen was a private practice attorney from 1977 to 1990. In 1990, Judge Allen earned a merit selection appointment to the Court of Common Pleas of [[
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:Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] handling criminal cases. In 1991, Judge Allen was retained in a [[retention election]] to a full ten year term on the Common Pleas Court. Judge Allen also served on the Juvenile Section of the [[Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas]] from 1992 to 2004 and served on the criminal division from 2004 till her appointment to the [[Pennsylvania Superior Court]] in 2008. In 2002, Governor [[wikipedia:Mark Schweiker|Mark Schweiker]] appointed Judge Allen to the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]'s Juvenile Court Judges Commission and also has served as a Board member of the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. Judge Allen has won the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Women of Excellence Awards in 2008 and the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly Women of the Year, 2008<ref name="bio"/>
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Before entering the legal profession, Judge Allen was a Elementary school teacher, Pittsburgh Public Schools. After Allen graduated from [[wikipedia:University of Pittsburgh|Pitt Law]], Allen began her legal career as an Staff Attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services from 1975 to 1976, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission from 1976 to 1977, and the [[
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:Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] Law Department from 1977 to 1999. Judge Allen was a private practice attorney from 1977 to 1990. In 1990, Judge Allen earned a merit selection appointment to the Court of Common Pleas of [[
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:Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] handling criminal cases. In 1991, Judge Allen was retained in a [[retention election]] to a full ten year term on the Common Pleas Court. Judge Allen also served on the Juvenile Section of the [[Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas]] from 1992 to 2004 and served on the criminal division from 2004 till her appointment to the [[Pennsylvania Superior Court]] in 2008. In 2002, Governor [[wikipedia:Mark Schweiker|Mark Schweiker]] appointed Judge Allen to the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]'s Juvenile Court Judges Commission and also has served as a Board member of the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. Judge Allen has won the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Women of Excellence Awards in 2008 and the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly Women of the Year, 2008<ref name="bio"/>
==State Supreme Court Bid==
==State Supreme Court Bid==
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===Faith and Politics===
===Faith and Politics===
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Judge Allen who serves as a church elder has been outspoken about her religous faith on the campaign trial so far. During a April 12th campaign stop in [[
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Judge Allen who serves as a church elder has been outspoken about her religous faith on the campaign trial so far. During a April 12th campaign stop in [[
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:Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster, PA]], Allen spoke openly on her faith stating about the United States: "We were founded as a Christian nation, and founded on truth. If we don't stand on that, we fall into deception, and eventually destruction." <ref name="Faith">[http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/236231 "LancasterOnline" Judge ''Cheryl Lynn Allen'' talks of faith and politics, April 12, 2009]</ref>
Allen said that when a person stands on the truth, there is no reason to stutter, as so many politicians do: "What we need for our country is not divided by red and blue, but is based on the one and only truth, the Bible," she said. <ref name="Faith" />
Allen said that when a person stands on the truth, there is no reason to stutter, as so many politicians do: "What we need for our country is not divided by red and blue, but is based on the one and only truth, the Bible," she said. <ref name="Faith" />