Pennsylvania's Auditor General election was held November 2, 2004.[1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004, with both major party candidates running unopposed.[2] Democrat Jack Wagner, a state senator from Pittsburgh, was elected auditor general; he had previously been the endorsed Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002, but was upset by Catherine Baker Knoll. The Republican candidate was Joe Peters, a Department of Justice official who was well known for prosecuting Philadelphia mafia boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo.
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 County results Wagner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% Peters: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% | |||||||||||||||||
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General election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Jack Wagner | 2,786,909 | 52.1 | ||
| Republican | Joe Peters | 2,430,648 | 45.4 | ||
| Green | Ben Price | 53,716 | 1.0 | ||
| Libertarian | Berlie Etzel | 52,869 | 1.0 | ||
| Constitution | Leonard Ritchie | 28,776 | 0.5 | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||