Dave Sunday wins Republican primary in attorney general race
![WTAE logo]()
Updated: 11:37 AM EDT Apr 24, 2024
TONIGHT. YASMIN. THAT’S RIGHT GUYS. IT WAS A VERY, VERY CROWDED RACE FOR PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH FIVE DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THAT OPEN SEAT COME NOVEMBER. NOW, ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, DAVE SUNDAY CLINCHED THAT NOMINATION. AND WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THAT EUGENE DEPASQUALE CLINCHED THAT NOMINATION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE FOR PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL. NOW, INCUMBENT MICHELLE HENRY DID ANNOUNCE SHE WOULD NOT BE SEEKING REELECTION IN THIS UPCOMING RACE, HENRY IS FINISHING OUT GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO’S CURRENT TERMS, WHICH WAS LEFT VACATED WHEN SHAPIRO WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE DEPASQUALE IS THE ONLY ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN HIS SPEECH, HE SAID IF ELECTED, HIS THREE BIGGEST ISSUES TO TACKLE WOULD BE DEMOCRACY, ABORTION RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT OF WORKING PEOPLE. OFTEN REFERRING TO REPUBLICAN OPPONENT DAVE SUNDAY AS A MAGA EXTREMIST, SAYING IF PENNSYLVANIA HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EXTREMISM AND COMMON SENSE, HE BELIEVES THE PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE COMMON SENSE. HE SAYS IT WAS HIS RECORD AS FORMER AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE STATE THAT SET HIM ASIDE FROM HIS OTHER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS. WELL, I THINK MY RECORD, YOU KNOW, LOOK, UM, I IT WAS MY INVESTIGATION THAT FOUND OVER 3000 UNTESTED RAPE KITS. MY RECORD OF CHILD PROTECTION ACROSS THE STATE, UH, MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFER. BUT BEING TOUGH AND FAIR ON BOTH A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY CUT THROUGH. DEPASQUALE CALLING HIS WIN TONIGHT A WIN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, SAYING WHEREVER THERE IS A FIGHT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM, HE’LL BE THERE. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YASMIN, THANKS. AND AS YASMIN JUST TOLD US, ALSO IN THE RACE FOR PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE SUNDAY HAS WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. HERE’S WHAT SUNDAY HAD TO SAY TONIGHT. I’M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA EMBRACE AND BELIEVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND REDEMPTION IS WHAT WE NEED. WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT ON THE OTHER END OF IT, WE HAVE TO EMBRACE REDEMPTION AS A SOCIETY. AND I JUST COULDN’T BE JUST HAPPIER THAN THAT. THE CITIZENS THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA HAVE EMBRACED THAT, AND I’
Dave Sunday wins Republican primary in attorney general race
![WTAE logo]()
Updated: 11:37 AM EDT Apr 24, 2024
Dave Sunday won the Republican nomination to be Pennsylvania’s next attorney general.Sunday had secured 70% of the vote in Tuesday's primary, compared to state Rep. Craig Williams at 30%, with 98% of precincts reporting.Sunday is York County's district attorney. He had earned the state GOP’s endorsement earlier this year."I am so happy to know that people all across Pennsylvania embrace and believe that accountability and redemption is what we need," Sunday said in his victory speech. "We have to hold people accountable. You have to have accountability. But on the other end of it, we have to embrace redemption as a society, and I just couldn't be happier that the citizens throughout Pennsylvania have embraced that. And I'm going to tell you what: If communities aren't safe, then nothing else matters."Sunday will face Democratic primary winner Eugene DePasquale in the November election. The winner of that race will replace outgoing Attorney General Michelle Henry.Henry was appointed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last year to finish out his term as attorney general. She decided not to run for a full term.The attorney general's office has a budget of about $120 million annually and plays a critical role in arresting drug traffickers, fighting gun trafficking, defending state laws in court and protecting consumers from predatory practices.Pennsylvania's Office of Attorney General played a critical role in court defending Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the presidential battleground against repeated attempts to overturn it in state and federal courts by Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican allies.No Republican has been elected attorney general since 2008.
Dave Sunday won the Republican nomination to be Pennsylvania’s next attorney general.
Sunday had secured 70% of the vote in Tuesday's primary, compared to state Rep. Craig Williams at 30%, with 98% of precincts reporting.
Sunday is York County's district attorney. He had earned the state GOP’s endorsement earlier this year.
"I am so happy to know that people all across Pennsylvania embrace and believe that accountability and redemption is what we need," Sunday said in his victory speech. "We have to hold people accountable. You have to have accountability. But on the other end of it, we have to embrace redemption as a society, and I just couldn't be happier that the citizens throughout Pennsylvania have embraced that. And I'm going to tell you what: If communities aren't safe, then nothing else matters."
Sunday will face Democratic primary winner Eugene DePasquale in the November election. The winner of that race will replace outgoing Attorney General Michelle Henry.
Henry was appointed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last year to finish out his term as attorney general. She decided not to run for a full term.
The attorney general's office has a budget of about $120 million annually and plays a critical role in arresting drug traffickers, fighting gun trafficking, defending state laws in court and protecting consumers from predatory practices.
Pennsylvania's Office of Attorney General played a critical role in court defending Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the presidential battleground against repeated attempts to overturn it in state and federal courts by Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican allies.
No Republican has been elected attorney general since 2008.
