2020_Pennsylvania_Attorney_General_election

2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
	Shapiro: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Heidelbaugh: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% No data
Attorney General before election; Josh Shapiro; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Josh Shapiro; Democratic

2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2020 was held on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States including Pennsylvania, the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020.^[1] Incumbent Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican Heather Heidelbaugh to win a second term. With this victory, earning 3,461,472 votes and outperforming Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election, Shapiro became the highest votegetter in Pennsylvania history.

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[key-6] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[7] Wessmer (L) with 3%; Weiss (G) with 2%

[8] "No one" with 1%; Wassmer (L) and Weiss (G) with 0%

[9] With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout

[10] With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout

[12] Wassmer (L) and Weiss (G) with 2%; "Someone else" with 1%

[13] "No one" and Wassmer (L) with 1%; Weiss (G) with 0%

[14] With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

[15] With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

[11] The American Industry Project has exclusively supported Republican candidates

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Shapiro (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			1,429,414	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Heidelbaugh	Unopposed
Total votes			1,055,168	100.0%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin of error	Josh Shapiro (D)	Heather Heidelbaugh (R)	Other	Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos	October 23–26, 2020	1,145 (LV)	± %	52%	41%	5%^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3%
Monmouth University	September 28 – October 4, 2020	500 (RV)	± 4.4%	53%	38%	1%^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7%
		500 (LV)		54%^{[lower-alpha 4]}	39%	–	–
		500 (LV)		53%^{[lower-alpha 5]}	40%	–	–
Trafalgar Group (R)^{[upper-alpha 1]}	September 23, 2020	1,023 (LV)	± 2.98%	47%	43%	5%^{[lower-alpha 6]}	5%
CPEC	September 15–17, 2020	830 (LV)	± 2.3%	41%	21%	1%	37%
Monmouth University	August 28–31, 2020	400 (RV)	± 4.9%	51%	41%	2%^{[lower-alpha 7]}	7%
		400 (LV)		52%^{[lower-alpha 8]}	41%	1%	6%
		400 (LV)		51%^{[lower-alpha 9]}	42%	1%	6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Josh Shapiro (incumbent)	3,461,472	50.85%	-0.56%
	Republican	Heather Heidelbaugh	3,153,831	46.33%	-2.28%
	Libertarian	Daniel Wassmer	120,489	1.77%	N/A
	Green	Richard L. Weiss	70,804	1.04%	N/A
Total votes			6,806,596	100.0%
	Democratic hold

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