2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election explained

Election Name:2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Country:Pennsylvania
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Previous Year:2000
Next Election:2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
Next Year:2008
Election Date:November 2, 2004
Image1:File:Portrait of PA Governor Tom Corbett (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Tom Corbett
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:2,730,718
Percentage1:50.4%
Nominee2:Jim Eisenhower
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:2,621,927
Percentage2:48.3%
Map Size:260px
Attorney General
Before Election:Michael Fisher
Before Party:Republican
After Election:Tom Corbett
After Party:Republican

Pennsylvania's Attorney General election was held November 2, 2004.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.[2] Tom Corbett was elected attorney general, a position that he had held from 1995 to 1997 after being appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to fill a vacancy. Corbett, who had been a U.S. Attorney, narrowly defeated Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor in the Republican primary, then won by an even tighter margin in the general election. Corbett's Democratic opponent was Jim Eisenhower, the 2002 nominee who had once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and had been a close confidant of Governor Ed Rendell. Eisenhower won in a primary that featured three top-tier candidates: his opponents were David Barasch, a former U.S. Attorney, and John Morganelli, the Northampton County District Attorney who was narrowly defeated by Eisenhower in the previous Democratic primary for this position.

Republican primary

In the Republican primary, Bruce Castor was supported by Mike Fisher, Rob Gleason, Frank Bartle and Fred Anton.[3] Tom Corbett was supported by Chris Bravacos, Stan Rapp, Bob Asher, David Girard DiCarlo, and Jeff Piccola. Joe Peters was supported by Paul Evanko, Roger Madigan, Frank Rizzo, and Bill Scranton.[3]

Results

General election

Notes and References

  1. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=11 Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
  2. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=10 Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
  3. Web site: AG Primary 2004. PoliticsPA. The Publius Group, Inc. . 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20030806034737/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/primary2004AG.htm. 2003-08-06.