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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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Nominee Dave Sunday Eugene DePasquale
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 3,496,679 3,179,376
Percentage 50.81% 46.20%

County results
Sunday:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
DePasquale:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Attorney General before election

Michelle Henry
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Dave Sunday
Republican

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 Tom Corbett.[1] This was the only attorney general seat to change parties in 2024.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was re-elected in 2020, would have been ineligible to seek a third term in 2024 due to term limits. He instead ran successfully for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022.[2][3]

In accordance with Article IV, Section 8, of the Pennsylvania Constitution, upon taking office as governor, Shapiro was permitted to nominate his successor as attorney general, who will serve the remaining two years of the term after being confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate.[4][5][6] By tradition, an appointed attorney general agrees not to run for the post in the next election.[7] In the interim between Shapiro's resignation to become governor and the appointee's installation, first deputy attorney general Michelle Henry, a Democrat, served as acting attorney general.[7]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Keir Bradford-Grey

State legislators

Local officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Political parties

Eugene DePasquale

U.S. representatives

Local officials

Labor unions

Newspapers

Party Chapters

Joe Khan

State legislators

Local officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Newspapers

Party chapters

Jared Solomon

State legislators

Organizations

Labor unions

Jack Stollsteimer

Labor unions

Party chapters

Declined to endorse

Debates and forums

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No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants[b]
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Bradford-Grey DePasquale Khan Solomon Stollsteimer
1[27] March 12, 2024 WHTM abc27 Dennis Owens WTAJ P P P P P
2[28] April 4, 2024 WHYY-FM Maiken Scott P A A P P

Results

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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General Democratic primary results
  DePasquale
  •   DePasquale—70-80%
  •   DePasquale—60-70%
  •   DePasquale—50-60%
  •   DePasquale—40-50%
  •   DePasquale—30-40%
  •   DePasquale—20-30%
  Stollsteimer
  •   Stollsteimer—70-80%
  •   Stollsteimer—50-60%
  •   Stollsteimer—30-40%
  •   Stollsteimer—20-30%
  Khan
  •   Khan—60-70%
  •   Khan—30-40%
  •   Khan—20-30%
  Bradford-Grey
  •   Bradford-Grey—30-40%
Democratic primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eugene DePasquale 371,911 35.40%
Democratic Jack Stollsteimer 212,413 20.22%
Democratic Joe Khan 167,895 15.98%
Democratic Keir Bradford-Grey 160,369 15.27%
Democratic Jared Solomon 137,920 13.13%
Total votes 1,050,508 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Dave Sunday

U.S. Representatives

State officials

State legislators

Organizations

Political parties

Newspapers

Craig Williams

State legislators

Debates and forums

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No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Sunday Williams
1[42] March 14, 2024 WHTM abc27 Dennis Owens abc27 P P
2[43] April 6, 2024 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference Alex Harper P P

Results

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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican primary results
  Sunday
  •   Sunday—90-100%
  •   Sunday—80-90%
  •   Sunday—70-80%
  •   Sunday—60-70%
  •   Sunday—50-60%
  Williams
  •   Williams—30-40%
Republican primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Sunday 620,515 70.36%
Republican Craig Williams 261,419 29.64%
Total votes 881,934 100.00%

Third-party candidates

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Constitution Party

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Nominee

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  • Justin Magill, attorney[44]

Forward Party

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Nominee

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  • Eric L. Settle, attorney[45]

Green Party

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Nominee

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  • Richard Weiss, lawyer, nominee for attorney general in 2020, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022[46]

Libertarian convention

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Nominee

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  • Rob Cowburn, attorney[47]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[48][49] Tossup July 25, 2024

Debates

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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican Forward
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
DePasquale Sunday Settle
1 Oct. 3, 2024 WGAL-TV Brian Roche WGAL P P N
2[44] Oct. 15, 2024 ABC27 I I N
3[50] Oct. 23, 2024 Spotlight PA I I I

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[d]
Margin
of error
Eugene
DePasquale (D)
Dave
Sunday (R)
Other Undecided
ActiVote[51] October 4–25, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 49%
ActiVote[52] September 6 – October 7, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 50% 50%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
Impact Research
(D)[53][A]
September 17–24, 2024 1,398 (LV) 47% 44% 9%
ActiVote[54] July 26 – August 23, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 53% 47%
Commonwealth Foundation[55] June 14–19, 2024 800 (RV) ± 3.46% 43% 39% 4% 13%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
Impact Research
(D)[56][A]
April 24–30, 2024 1,398 (LV) ± 3.0% 43% 44% 1% 12%

Results

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2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dave Sunday 3,496,679 50.81% +4.48
Democratic Eugene DePasquale 3,179,376 46.20% −4.65
Libertarian Rob Cowburn 88,835 1.29% −0.48
Green Richard Weiss 68,046 0.99% −0.05
Constitution Justin Magill 31,282 0.45% N/A
Forward Eric Settle 18,151 0.26% N/A
Total votes 6,882,369 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Numbered as the 14th district from 2003–2019
  2. ^ Forward Party candidate Eric Settle also participated in the April 4 forum.
  3. ^ Numbered as the 16th district from 2017–2019
  4. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b Poll commissioned by AARP

References

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    Impact Research (D)
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