2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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Nominee Eugene DePasquale David Sunday
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General

Michelle Henry
Democratic



The 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was re-elected in 2020, would have been ineligible to seek a third term in 2024 due to term limits. He instead ran successfully for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022.[1][2]

In accordance with Article IV, Section 8, of the Pennsylvania Constitution, upon taking office as governor, Shapiro was permitted to nominate his successor as attorney general, who will serve the remaining two years of the term after being confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate.[3][4][5] By tradition, an appointed attorney general agrees not to run for the post in the next election.[6] In the interim between Shapiro's resignation to become governor and the appointee's installation, first deputy attorney general Michelle Henry, a Democrat, served as acting attorney general.[6]

  1. ^ Glueck, Katie (November 9, 2022). "Shapiro defeats Mastriano, an election denier, for Pennsylvania governor". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Benshoff, Laura (November 9, 2022). "Josh Shapiro secures Pa. governor's office, beating election-denier Doug Mastriano". NPR. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Constitution of Pennsylvania: Article IV, Section 8". Pennsylvania General Assembly. May 16, 1978. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Stockburger, George (November 8, 2022). "Josh Shapiro declares victory in Pennsylvania governor race". WHTM-TV. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  5. ^ Swift, Robert (November 13, 2022). "Atypical midterm sets new PA precedents". Capitolwire. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022 – via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  6. ^ a b Brennan, Chris (December 2, 2022). "At Pennsylvania Society, jockeying for the 2024 race for state attorney general gets going". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.

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