2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

November 2, 2004

Nominee Tom Corbett Jim Eisenhower Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,730,718 2,621,927 Percentage 50.4% 48.3%

County results Corbett:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Eisenhower:      40–50%      50–60%      80–90%

Attorney General before election Michael Fisher Republican Elected Attorney General Tom Corbett Republican

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 to 1997 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 2000 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]

Results

Democratic primary

2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Eisenhower	282,515	38.3
	Democratic	John Morganelli	246,765	33.5
	Democratic	David Barasch	207,560	28.2
Total votes			736,840	100.0

Republican primary

2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Corbett	491,651	52.8
	Republican	Bruce Castor	439,711	47.2
Total votes			931,362	100.0

General election

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
Total votes			5,423,269	100.0
	Republican hold

References

1. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information Archived 2008-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
2. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
3. "AG Primary 2004". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group, Inc. 2004. Archived from the original on August 6, 2003.