Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2004

Pennsylvania's Attorney General election was held November 2, 2004.^[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.^[2] Tom Corbett was elected Attorney General, a position that he had held from 1995-97 after being appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to fill a vacancy. Corbett, who had been a U.S. Attorney, narrowly defeated Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor in the Republican primary, then won by an even tighter margin in the general election. Corbett's Democratic opponent was Jim Eisenhower, the 2002 nominee who had once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and had been a close confidant of Governor Ed Rendell. Eisenhower won in a primary that featured three top-tier candidates: his opponents were David Barasch, a former U.S. Attorney, and John Morganelli, the Northampton County District Attorney who was narrowly defeated by Eisenhower in the previous Democratic primary for this position.

Republican primary

In the Republican primary, Bruce Castor was supported by Mike Fisher, Rob Gleason, Frank Bartle and Fred Anton.^[3] Tom Corbett was supported by Chris Bravacos, Stan Rapp, Bob Asher, David Girard DiCarlo, and Jeff Piccola.^[3] Joe Peters was supported by Paul Evanko, Roger Madigan, Frank Rizzo, and Bill Scranton.^[3]

Attorney general

Pennsylvania Attorney General primary election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Barasch	207,560	28.2
	Democratic	Jim Eisenhower	282,515	38.3
	Democratic	John Morganelli	246,765	33.5
	Republican	Bruce Castor	439,711	47.2
	Republican	Tom Corbett	491,651	52.8

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Corbett	2,730,718	50.4
	Democratic	Jim Eisenhower	2,621,927	48.3
	Green	Marakay Rogers	70,624	1.3

References

1. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
2. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
3. "AG Primary 2004". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group, Inc.,. 2004. Archived from the original on 2004.