HARRISBURG — Republican Dave Sunday has won the election to be Pennsylvania’s next attorney general, defeating Democrat Eugene DePasquale in a closely watched race to become the state’s top prosecutor.
The Associated Press called the race for Sunday at 3:18 a.m. on Wednesday. Unofficial results show Sunday with 51% of the vote to 46.2%.
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