2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

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2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
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November 2, 2004
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Nominee Jack Wagner Joe Peters
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,786,9092,430,648
Percentage52.06%45.41%

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County results
Wagner:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Peters:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%

Auditor General before election

Bob Casey, Jr.
Democratic

Elected Auditor General

Jack Wagner
Democratic

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.

General election

Pennsylvania Auditor General election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jack Wagner 2,786,909 52.1
Republican Joe Peters2,430,64845.4
Green Ben Price53,7161.0
Libertarian Berlie Etzel52,8691.0
Constitution Leonard Ritchie28,7760.5
Democratic hold

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