Josh Shapiro wins Pa. attorney general
Pennsylvania’s next attorney general will be county Commissioner Josh Shapiro, who’ll take over an office wracked by turmoil over the arrest and conviction of a predecessor.
Voters on Tuesday chose the Democrat from the Philadelphia suburb of Montgomery County over Republican state Sen. John Rafferty.
He’ll be the agency’s fourth leader since August, when Democrat Kathleen Kane stepped down after being convicted of leaking secret grand jury material and lying about it.
Kane has been sentenced to 10 to 23 months in prison.
The attorney general is Pennsylvania’s top-ranking law enforcement official. The agency has more than 800 employees.