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The 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Republican York County district attorney Dave Sunday defeated former auditor general Eugene DePasquale in the general election, becoming the first Republican to be elected state attorney general since 2008. [1] This was the only attorney general seat to change parties in 2024.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was re-elected in 2020, would have been ineligible to seek a third term in 2024 due to term limits. He instead ran successfully for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022. [2] [3]
In accordance with Article IV, Section 8, of the Pennsylvania Constitution, upon taking office as governor, Shapiro was permitted to nominate his successor as attorney general to serve the remaining two years of the term after being confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. [4] [5] [6] By tradition, an appointed attorney general agrees not to run for the post in the next election. [7] In the interim between Shapiro's resignation to become governor and the appointee's installation, first deputy attorney general Michelle Henry, a Democrat, served as acting attorney general. [7] Henry was appointed for the remainder of Shapiro's term, and in accordance with tradition did not run in the 2024 race.
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No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants [b] | ||||
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P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn | |||||||||
Bradford-Grey | DePasquale | Khan | Solomon | Stollsteimer | |||||
1 [27] | March 12, 2024 | WHTM abc27 | Dennis Owens | WTAJ | P | P | P | P | P |
2 [28] | April 4, 2024 | WHYY-FM | Maiken Scott | P | A | A | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 371,911 | 35.40% | |
Democratic | Jack Stollsteimer | 212,413 | 20.22% | |
Democratic | Joe Khan | 167,895 | 15.98% | |
Democratic | Keir Bradford-Grey | 160,369 | 15.27% | |
Democratic | Jared Solomon | 137,920 | 13.13% | |
Total votes | 1,050,508 | 100.00% |
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No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||
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P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn | |||||||||
Sunday | Williams | ||||||||
1 [42] | March 14, 2024 | WHTM abc27 | Dennis Owens | abc27 | P | P | |||
2 [43] | April 6, 2024 | Pennsylvania Leadership Conference | Alex Harper | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dave Sunday | 620,515 | 70.36% | |
Republican | Craig Williams | 261,419 | 29.64% | |
Total votes | 881,934 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [48] [49] | Tossup | July 25, 2024 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican | Forward |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn | |||||||
DePasquale | Sunday | Settle | |||||
1 | Oct. 3, 2024 | WGAL-TV | Brian Roche | WGAL | P | P | N |
2 [44] | Oct. 15, 2024 | ABC27 | I | I | N | ||
3 [50] | Oct. 23, 2024 | Spotlight PA | I | I | I |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Eugene DePasquale (D) | Dave Sunday (R) | Other | Undecided |
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ActiVote [51] | October 4–25, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 51% | 49% | – | – |
ActiVote [52] | September 6 – October 7, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 50% | 50% | – | – |
Fabrizio Ward (R)/ Impact Research (D) [53] [A] | September 17–24, 2024 | 1,398 (LV) | – | 47% | 44% | – | 9% |
ActiVote [54] | July 26 – August 23, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 53% | 47% | – | – |
Commonwealth Foundation [55] | June 14–19, 2024 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.46% | 43% | 39% | 4% | 13% |
Fabrizio Ward (R)/ Impact Research (D) [56] [A] | April 24–30, 2024 | 1,398 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 43% | 44% | 1% | 12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dave Sunday | 3,496,679 | 50.81% | +4.48 | |
Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 3,179,376 | 46.20% | −4.65 | |
Libertarian | Rob Cowburn | 88,835 | 1.29% | −0.48 | |
Green | Richard Weiss | 68,046 | 0.99% | −0.05 | |
Constitution | Justin Magill | 31,282 | 0.45% | N/A | |
Forward | Eric Settle | 18,151 | 0.26% | N/A | |
Total votes | 6,882,369 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Sunday won ten of 17 congressional districts.
District | DePasquale | Sunday | Representative |
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1st | 46% | 52% | Brian Fitzpatrick |
2nd | Brendan Boyle | ||
3rd | Dwight Evans | ||
4th | Madeleine Dean | ||
5th | Mary Gay Scanlon | ||
6th | Chrissy Houlahan | ||
7th | 46% | 51% | Susan Wild (118th Congress) |
Ryan Mackenzie (119th Congress) | |||
8th | Matt Cartwright (118th Congress) | ||
Rob Bresnahan (119th Congress) | |||
9th | Dan Meuser | ||
10th | Scott Perry | ||
11th | Lloyd Smucker | ||
12th | Summer Lee | ||
13th | John Joyce | ||
14th | Guy Reschenthaler | ||
15th | Glenn Thompson | ||
16th | Mike Kelly | ||
17th | Chris Deluzio |
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Sunday won the endorsement over state Rep. Craig Williams and Katayoun Copeland, both former federal prosecutors who hail from Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania. Copeland has said she would not run against the party's endorsed candidate and ended her candidacy
Copeland's one-time boss, former U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain, had been considering a run for attorney general but told Clout this week that he is staying out of the race.
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