2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2020 will take place on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020.^[1] Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro is running for a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Josh Shapiro, incumbent Pennsylvania Attorney General^[2]

Endorsements

Josh Shapiro

Local Officials

Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate^[3]

Unions

Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council^[4]

Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Shapiro (incumbent)	1,411,934	100.0%
Total votes			1,411,934	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Heather Heidelbaugh, former Allegheny County councilwoman^[8]

Results

Republican primary results ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Heidelbaugh	1,044,436	100.0%
Total votes			1,044,036	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Results

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2020
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Josh Shapiro (incumbent)
	Republican	Heather Heidelbaugh
Total votes			100.0%

References

^ Levy, Marc; Scolforo, Mark (March 25, 2020). "Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ Southwick, Ron. "Josh Shapiro running for re-election as Pa. Attorney General". PennLive. PennLive. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1260668639340105731?s=20
^ https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1226210100056031232?s=20
^ https://twitter.com/NARAL/status/1238118813171961856?s=20
^ https://twitter.com/PennDems/status/1229847005280833536/photo/1
^ ^a ^b Boockvar, Kathy. "Pennsylvania Elections - Office Results | Attorney General". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Gerow, Charlie (May 24, 2020). "An introduction to the GOP candidates for statewide offices as primary day approaches | Charlie Gerow". Penn Live.

External links

Official campaign websites

[COVIDprimary-1] Levy, Marc; Scolforo, Mark (March 25, 2020). "Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

[2] Southwick, Ron. "Josh Shapiro running for re-election as Pa. Attorney General". PennLive. PennLive. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[3] ttps://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1260668639340105731?s=20

[4] ttps://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1226210100056031232?s=20

[5] ttps://twitter.com/NARAL/status/1238118813171961856?s=20

[6] ttps://twitter.com/PennDems/status/1229847005280833536/photo/1

[PrimaryNight-7] Boockvar, Kathy. "Pennsylvania Elections - Office Results | Attorney General". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[8] Gerow, Charlie (May 24, 2020). "An introduction to the GOP candidates for statewide offices as primary day approaches | Charlie Gerow". Penn Live.

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