David Winslow Sunday Jr. (born June 13, 1975) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the

Pennsylvania attorney general The Pennsylvania attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1980. The current attorney general is Republican Dave Sunday (politician), Dave ...

. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as York County

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from 2018 to 2025.

Early life and education

Sunday was born on June 13, 1975 in

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,099 as of 2020, Harrisburg is the ninth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. It is the larger of the two pr ...

, he graduated from East Pennsboro High School in

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in 1993. He enrolled at Harrisburg Area Community College, but dropped out to enlist in the

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, where he served from 1995 to 1999. He then graduated from

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and the

Widener University Commonwealth Law School Widener University Commonwealth Law School (Widener Law Commonwealth) is a law school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and part of Widener University, a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited l ...

Career

Sunday began his legal career as a law clerk for a judge in the York County Court of Common Pleas. He then joined the

's office in

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in 2009. In 2013, the

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appointed Sunday as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Sunday won the November 2017 election to serve as district attorney of York County, and took office in January 2018. In July 2023, Sunday announced his candidacy in the 2024 election for

. He defeated state representative Craig Williams in the Republican primary election and defeated Democratic nominee Eugene DePasquale in the November general election.

Personal life

Sunday and his wife, Lishani, have a son.

Electoral history

References

External links

Meet the DA , The Office of District Attorney of York County PA
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