2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election explained

Election Name:2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Country:Pennsylvania
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1996 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Next Year:2004
Election Date:November 7, 2000
Image1:File:MikeFisher (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Michael Fisher
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:2,495,253
Percentage1:54.02%
Nominee2:Jim Eisenhower
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:1,991,144
Percentage2:43.10%
Map Size:260px
Attorney General
Before Election:Tom Corbett
Before Party:Republican
After Election:Michael Fisher
After Party:Republican

Pennsylvania's Attorney General election was held November 7, 2000.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 4, 2000.[2] Incumbent Mike Fisher was unopposed for the Republican nomination and won a second term by a relatively comfortable margin. Jim Eisenhower, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and close confidant of Ed Rendell was the Democratic nominee; he earned a narrow victory in the party primary over John Morganelli, the District Attorney of Northampton County.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 General Election. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. 2008-05-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081127051435/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=2. 2008-11-27.
  2. Web site: 2000 General Primary . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State . 2004 . 2008-05-16.