PA-AG: Former auditor general (D) and York County DA (R) headline 6-way election contest for Pa. attorney general

The contest to become the state’s top law enforcement officer — a job that has sometimes been a stepping stone to the governor’s office — is a six-way affair this year, involving a veteran state-level Democratic office holder, the Republican district attorney from York County, and four candidates of lesser known parties.

Attorney general candidates Eugene DePasquale, the Democrat, and Republican Dave Sunday won contested primaries to gain spots on the Nov. 5 ballot. Since then, they’ve been playing to their strengths: Mr. DePasquale accenting his work during eight years as state auditor general, and Mr. Sunday playing up his prosecutions as a district attorney and special assistant U.S. attorney.

Both have attracted big-ticket campaign donations. But in a recent four-month stretch Mr. DePasquale’s contribution total of nearly $3.3 million — including a slew of small donations and nearly $1.5 million from the Democratic Attorneys General Association — was well over twice as large as the $1.4 million pulled in by Mr. Sunday. The Republican’s single biggest donor was Commonwealth Children’s Choice Fund, funded by Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

Mr. DePasquale lays claim to a statewide record of proven integrity. “No one will work harder for you,” he told a group of reporters and others in August. “If elected, I will never let you down.”




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