Election Name: | 2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Pennsylvania Auditor General election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2008 Pennsylvania Auditor General election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
Image1: | File:Jack Wagner Veteran Council (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jack Wagner |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 2,786,909 |
Percentage1: | 52.06% |
Nominee2: | Joe Peters |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 2,430,648 |
Percentage2: | 45.41% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Auditor General | |
Before Election: | Bob Casey, Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jack Wagner |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Pennsylvania's Auditor General election was held November 2, 2004.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004, with both major party candidates running unopposed.[2] Democrat Jack Wagner, a state senator from Pittsburgh, was elected auditor general; he had previously been the endorsed Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002, but was upset by Catherine Baker Knoll. The Republican candidate was Joe Peters, a Department of Justice official who was well known for prosecuting Philadelphia mafia boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo.