2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

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Nominee Jack Wagner Joe Peters
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,786,909 2,430,648
Percentage 52.06% 45.41%

County results
Wagner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Peters:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

Auditor General before election

Bob Casey, Jr.
Democratic

Elected Auditor General

Jack Wagner
Democratic

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Pennsylvania's Auditor General election was held November 2, 2004.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004, with both major party candidates running unopposed.[2] Democrat Jack Wagner, a state senator from Pittsburgh, was elected auditor general; he had previously been the endorsed Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002, but was upset by Catherine Baker Knoll. The Republican candidate was Joe Peters, a Department of Justice official who was well known for prosecuting Philadelphia mafia boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo.

General election

Pennsylvania Auditor General election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Wagner 2,786,909 52.1
Republican Joe Peters 2,430,648 45.4
Green Ben Price 53,716 1.0
Libertarian Berlie Etzel 52,869 1.0
Constitution Leonard Ritchie 28,776 0.5
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information Archived 2008-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information
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