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The 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Republican York County district attorney Dave Sunday defeated former auditor general Eugene DePasquale in the general election, becoming the first Republican attorney general since 2013. [ 1 ]
Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was re-elected in 2020, was ineligible to seek a third term in 2024 due to term limits. However, Shapiro was elected governor in 2022 and resigned as Attorney General upon being sworn in. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Michelle Henry was confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on March 8, 2023 to serve out the remainder of ...
Democrat Eugene DePasqaule, Republican Dave Sunday, and four other candidates are vying to become Pennsylvania’s next top prosecutor. Pa. election 2024: A complete guide to the candidates for ...
In September 2023, Solomon announced that he would run for Pennsylvania Attorney General. [10] During the campaign, Solomon vowed to protect abortion rights, strengthen labor, address consumer protection, tackle predatory housing businesses, fight anti-semitism in the form of a statewide task force and take on public corruption.
The major party candidates for attorney general are Democrat Eugene DePasquale, the state’s former auditor general, and Republican York County District Attorney Dave Sunday. The Green Party’s ...
The race to become Pennsylvania’s next attorney general will be one of the more closely watched contests as six candidates jockey for the office.
Pennsylvania’s attorney general defends the state’s election practices and outcomes, which have become a target of legal challenges since the 2020 presidential contest.
The Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980 [6] established the Office of Attorney General as an independent office headed by an elected attorney general. [7] The office has the responsibility for the prosecution of those crimes prosecuted by the commonwealth, including organized crime and public corruption, as well as civil litigation on behalf of some, but not all, commonwealth agencies and the ...