Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

's Attorney General election was held November 7, 2000. Necessary primary elections were held on April 4, 2000. Incumbent Michael Fisher was unopposed for the Republican nomination and won a second term by a relatively comfortable margin. Jim Eisenhower

Jim Eisenhower

James J. "Jim" Eisenhower is a prominent Pennsylvania attorney, who has served in various roles within the Government of Pennsylvania and within the White House. He is a close ally of his fellow Philadelphian, former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and has twice unsuccessfully been the...

, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and close confidant of Ed Rendell

Ed Rendell

Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell is an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 2002, and his term of office began January 21, 2003...

 was the Democratic nominee; he earned a narrow victory in the party primary over John Morganelli, the District Attorney of Northampton County

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...

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General election

Primary Election