2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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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 ElectedAttorney General Tom Corbett Republican

Pennsylvania'sAttorney 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 GovernorTom Ridge to fill a vacancy. Corbett, who had been aU.S. Attorney, narrowly defeatedMontgomery County District AttorneyBruce Castor in the Republican primary, then won by an even tighter margin in the general election. Corbett's Democratic opponent wasJim Eisenhower, the 2000 nominee who had once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and had been a close confidant of GovernorEd 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, theNorthampton County District Attorney who was narrowly defeated by Eisenhower in the previous Democratic primary for this position.

In the Republican primary,Bruce Castor was supported byMike Fisher,Rob Gleason, Frank Bartle andFred Anton.^[3]Tom Corbett was supported byChris Bravacos,Stan Rapp,Bob Asher,David Girard DiCarlo, andJeff Piccola.^[3] Joe Peters was supported byPaul Evanko,Roger Madigan,Frank Rizzo, andBill Scranton.^[3]

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