2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
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  2008 November 6, 2012 2016  
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Nominee Kathleen Kane David Freed
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,125,5572,313,506
Percentage56.1%41.6%

2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election results map by county.svg
2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election by CD.svg
Kane:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Freed:
     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Linda L. Kelly
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Kathleen Kane
Democratic

The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2012 was held on November 6, 2012. The primary election was held on April 24. [1] [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David J. Freed 659,077 100.0%
Total votes659,077 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathleen Kane 375,500 52.82%
Democratic Patrick Murphy335,43847.18%
Total votes710,938 100.0%

General election

Results

2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kathleen Kane 3,125,557 56.14% +10.44%
Republican David Freed 2,313,50641.56%-10.82%
Libertarian Marakay Rogers128,1402.30%+0.38%
Total votes5,567,203 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Kane won 13 of the 18 congressional districts, including eight that elected Republicans. [14]

DistrictKaneFreedRepresentative
1st 83%16% Bob Brady
2nd 90%9% Chaka Fattah
3rd 48%49% Mike Kelly
4th 45%52% Jason Altmire
Scott Perry
5th 47.8%48.4% Glenn Thompson
6th 50%47% Jim Gerlach
7th 50%49% Pat Meehan
8th 51%47% Mike Fitzpatrick
9th 46%51% Bill Shuster
10th 45%53% Tom Marino
11th 50%48% Lou Barletta
12th 50%47% Mark Critz
Keith Rothfus
13th 68%31% Allyson Schwartz
14th 72%25% Mike Doyle
15th 52%46% Charlie Dent
16th 49.0%48.7% Joe Pitts
17th 62%36% Tim Holden
Matt Cartwright
18th 49%48% Tim Murphy

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