2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

Summary

Pennsylvania's Attorney General election was held November 7, 2000.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 4, 2000.[2] Incumbent Mike Fisher was unopposed for the Republican nomination and won a second term by a relatively comfortable margin. Jim Eisenhower, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and close confidant of Ed Rendell was the Democratic nominee; he earned a narrow victory in the party primary over John Morganelli, the District Attorney of Northampton County.

2000 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
 
Nominee Michael Fisher Jim Eisenhower
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,495,253 1,991,144
Percentage 54.02% 43.10%

County results

Fisher:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Eisenhower:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Attorney General before election

Tom Corbett
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Michael Fisher
Republican

General election edit

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Fisher 2,495,253 54.0
Democratic Jim Eisenhower 1,991,144 43.1
Green Tom Linzey 61,216 1.3
Libertarian Julian Heicklen 41,519 0.9
Constitution Jim Clymer 30,306 0.7

Primary Election edit

Pennsylvania Attorney General primary election, 2000[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Eisenhower 304,097 50.8
Democratic John Morganelli 294,030 49.2

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  2. ^ "2000 General Primary". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Attorney General - 2000 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania Attorney General - 2000 General Primary". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2008.