2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
November 2, 2004
 
Nominee Jack Wagner Joe Peters
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,786,909 2,430,648
Percentage 52.06% 45.41%
County results
Wagner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Peters:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Auditor General before election

Bob Casey, Jr.
Democratic

 Elected Auditor General

Jack Wagner
Democratic

Pennsylvania's Auditor General election was held November 2, 2004. Necessary primary elections were held on April 27, 2004, with both major party candidates running unopposed. 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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