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Shapiro: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Heidelbaugh: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2020 was held on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States including Pennsylvania, the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020. [1] Incumbent Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican Heather Heidelbaugh to win a second term. With this victory, earning 3,461,472 votes and outperforming Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election, Shapiro became the highest votegetter in Pennsylvania history.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Josh Shapiro (incumbent) | Unopposed | |||
Total votes | 1,429,414 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Heather Heidelbaugh | Unopposed | |||
Total votes | 1,055,168 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [5] | Likely D | July 17, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Josh Shapiro (D) | Heather Heidelbaugh (R) | Other | Undecided |
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Civiqs/Daily Kos | October 23–26, 2020 | 1,145 (LV) | ± % | 52% | 41% | 5% [lower-alpha 2] | 3% |
Monmouth University | September 28 – October 4, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 53% | 38% | 1% [lower-alpha 3] | 7% |
500 (LV) | 54% [lower-alpha 4] | 39% | – | – | |||
53% [lower-alpha 5] | 40% | – | – | ||||
Trafalgar Group (R) [upper-alpha 1] | September 23, 2020 | 1,023 (LV) | ± 2.98% | 47% | 43% | 5% [lower-alpha 6] | 5% |
CPEC | September 15–17, 2020 | 830 (LV) | ± 2.3% | 41% | 21% | 1% | 37% |
Monmouth University | August 28–31, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 51% | 41% | 2% [lower-alpha 7] | 7% |
400 (LV) | 52% [lower-alpha 8] | 41% | 1% | 6% | |||
51% [lower-alpha 9] | 42% | 1% | 6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Josh Shapiro (incumbent) | 3,461,472 | 50.85% | −0.56% | |
Republican | Heather Heidelbaugh | 3,153,831 | 46.33% | −2.28% | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wassmer | 120,489 | 1.77% | N/A | |
Green | Richard L. Weiss | 70,804 | 1.04% | N/A | |
Total votes | 6,806,596 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Shapiro won 10 of 18 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [19]
District | Shapiro | Heidelbaugh | Representative |
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1st | 52% | 46% | Brian Fitzpatrick |
2nd | 71% | 26% | Brendan Boyle |
3rd | 89% | 8% | Dwight Evans |
4th | 61% | 36% | Madeleine Dean |
5th | 63% | 35% | Mary Gay Scanlon |
6th | 54% | 43% | Chrissy Houlahan |
7th | 52% | 45% | Susan Wild |
8th | 52% | 46% | Matt Cartwright |
9th | 37% | 60% | Dan Meuser |
10th | 47% | 50% | Scott Perry |
11th | 37% | 60% | Lloyd Smucker |
12th | 32% | 65% | Fred Keller |
13th | 28% | 69% | John Joyce |
14th | 42% | 56% | Guy Reschenthaler |
15th | 31% | 66% | Glenn Thompson |
16th | 43% | 54% | Mike Kelly |
17th | 54% | 43% | Conor Lamb |
18th | 67% | 30% | Mike Doyle |
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