2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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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. This was the only attorney general seat to change parties in 2024. Sunday carried Centre and Lehigh counties, both of which voted for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the concurrent presidential election. 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. 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...

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