Democrat Josh Shapiro Defeats Republican Heather Heidelbaugh, Wins 2nd Term As Pa. Attorney General
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) - According to the Associated Press, Democrat Josh Shapiro has won a second term as Pennsylvania's attorney general, the top-ranking law enforcement position in the state.
Shapiro beat back a challenge from Republican Heather Heidelbaugh, a lawyer from Pittsburgh.
Shapiro is a former state lawmaker and Montgomery County commissioner. During his first term in office, he released a grand jury report into decades of child molestation by priests in the state's Roman Catholic parishes. Shapiro is widely viewed as a likely candidate for governor in two years.
According to AP, with 94.33% of precincts reporting at 2:36 p.m., Shapiro won with 50.45% of the vote, his tally sitting at 3,321,678. Heidelbaugh had 46.76% of the vote at 3,078,568 votes.
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GO IN-DEPTH ON SOME KEY PA RACES:
• Attorney General: Josh Shapiro (D) vs. Heather Heidelbaugh (R)
• Auditor General: Nina Ahmad (D) vs. Timothy DeFoor (R)
• State Treasurer: Joe Torsella (D) vs. Stacy Garrity (R)
• U.S. House 17th District: Conor Lamb (D) vs. Sean Parnell (R)
• State Senate 37th District: Pam Iovino (D) vs. Devlin Robinson (R)
• State Senate 39th District: Kim Ward (R) vs. Tay Waltenbaugh (D)
• State House 16th District: Mike Kelly (R) vs. Kristy Gnibus (D)
• State House 28th District: Rob Mercuri (R) vs. Emily Skopov (D)
• State House 30th District: Lori Mizgorski (R) vs. Lissa Geiger Shulman (D)
• State House 44th District: Valerie Gaydos (R) vs. Michelle Knoll (D)
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