PA-AG: Meet Eugene DePasquale and Dave Sunday, the frontrunners to be Pa.'s next attorney general

[RandySF]

Pennsylvania voters have a big decision to make in the Nov. 5 election — besides the one they’re making about who should be the United States’ next president.

They’ll choose the state’s next attorney general: Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor who has wide-ranging powers to investigate corruption, enforce the state’s laws, and represent the state’s interests nationally in lawsuits against both the federal government and major corporations. The job is also seen as a springboard to the governorship, with two of Pennsylvania’s last three governors — including current Gov. Josh Shapiro — having served as attorney general before running to be the state’s top executive.

In 2023, Shapiro appointed Republican Michelle Henry as attorney general to fulfill to remainder of his term and she chose not to run for the seat, leaving it open for a competitive election.

Voters will choose between two candidates who have different images of what a Pennsylvania attorney general should be. Democrat Eugene DePasquale is a disciplined former state auditor general and state representative who knows his way around Harrisburg bureaucracy and wants to take a proactive role in protecting Pennsylvanians, while Republican Dave Sunday, York County’s driven district attorney, is a career prosecutor who has tried thousands of criminal cases and says he is focused on redemption and accountability.




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