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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 ...
Michelle A. Henry (c. 1969) [3] is an American prosecutor who served as the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2023 to 2025. She was appointed to the role by Governor Josh Shapiro to replace himself in the role.
David W. Sunday Jr. (born June 13, 1975) is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the Pennsylvania attorney general since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as York County district attorney from 2018 to 2025.
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.
Corbett then reentered private practice and worked as the general counsel for Waste Management, Inc before being elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 2004. Corbett was then reelected to a second term in 2008, serving a total of two non-consecutive tenures as attorney general from 1995 to 1997, and 2005 to 2011.
Pennsylvania’s next attorney general will have the discretion to focus on gun crimes they deem important. Here’s where Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday stand.
Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 and was on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
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.