2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
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Nominee Josh Shapiro Heather Heidelbaugh
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,461,4723,153,831
Percentage50.9%46.3%
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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
Attorney General before election

Josh Shapiro
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Shapiro
Democratic

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.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Shapiro (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes1,429,414 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Heather Heidelbaugh Unopposed
Total votes1,055,168 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Likely DJuly 17, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Josh
Shapiro (D)		Heather
Heidelbaugh (R)		OtherUndecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos October 23–26, 20201,145 (LV)± %52%41%5% [lower-alpha 2] 3%
Monmouth University September 28 – October 4, 2020500 (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, 20201,023 (LV)± 2.98%47%43%5% [lower-alpha 6] 5%
CPEC September 15–17, 2020830 (LV)± 2.3%41%21%1%37%
Monmouth University August 28–31, 2020400 (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%

Endorsements

Josh Shapiro
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Senators
  • Bob Casey Jr., U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2007–present), Treasurer of Pennsylvania (2005-2007), Auditor General of Pennsylvania (1997-2005) [7]
Local Officials
Unions
  • Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council [9]
Organizations
Individuals
Newspapers and other media

Results

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2020 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Josh Shapiro (incumbent) 3,461,472 50.85% −0.56%
Republican Heather Heidelbaugh3,153,83146.33%−2.28%
Libertarian Daniel Wassmer120,4891.77%N/A
Green Richard L. Weiss70,8041.04%N/A
Total votes6,806,596 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Shapiro won 10 of 18 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [19]

DistrictShapiroHeidelbaughRepresentative
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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Wessmer (L) with 3%; Weiss (G) with 2%
  3. ↑ "No one" with 1%; Wassmer (L) and Weiss (G) with 0%
  4. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
  5. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
  6. ↑ Wassmer (L) and Weiss (G) with 2%; "Someone else" with 1%
  7. ↑ "No one" and Wassmer (L) with 1%; Weiss (G) with 0%
  8. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  9. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ The American Industry Project has exclusively supported Republican candidates

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