2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Kathleen Kane David Freed
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 3,125,557 2,313,506
Percentage 56.1% 41.6%

Kane:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Freed:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Attorney General before election

Linda L. Kelly
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Kathleen Kane
Democratic

The 2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012. The primary election was held on April 24.

Kane became the first Democrat and the first woman to be elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania. She later resigned in 2016 due to an e-mail scandal, and Solicitor General Bruce Castor became acting Attorney General.