Posted on 11/03/2004 1:23:00 PM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
Posted on Wed, Nov. 03, 2004
Corbett leads Attorney General race, Eisenhower yet to concede
By Jeff Shields
Inquirer staff writer
Republican Tom Corbett is expected to declare victory in the Pennsylvania Attorney General's race at an afternoon press conference in Pittsburgh, although his Democratic opponent has not conceded.
With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting as of 11:50 a.m., Corbett led Democrat Jim Eisenhower by more than 126,000 votes, according to the Associated Press. An Eisenhower spokesman said "it would be premature" for Corbett to declare victory with an undetermined number of provisional and military ballots outstanding.
Should the results stand, Corbett overcame John Kerry's success in the state, and reports that he had lost the race, to regain the office he held for 15 months in the 1990s. Corbett filled out the unexpired term of Ernest Preate between 1995 and 1997.
Republicans have never lost an attorney general's race in the state. The position was changed from an appointed post to an elected office beginning in 1980.
Dems still can't win as Attorney General.
That's a better name for the Inky.
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