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election was held November 2, 2004.Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004.Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information
/ref> Tom Corbett was elected attorney general, a position that he had held from 1995 to 1997 after being appointed by Governor

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to fill a vacancy. Corbett, who had been a U.S. Attorney, narrowly defeated Montgomery County District Attorney

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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

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. 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,

was supported by Mike Fisher, Rob Gleason, Frank Bartle and

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was supported by Chris Bravacos, Stan Rapp, Bob Asher, David Girard DiCarlo, and Jeff Piccola. Joe Peters was supported by Paul Evanko, Roger Madigan,

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, and Bill Scranton.

Results

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election

References

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2004 United States state attorney general elections