Pennsylvania Attorney General race a ‘two-person race” claims Jared Solomon

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(WHTM) – Five Democrats are running in Tuesday’s primary election for Pennsylvania Attorney General, but you wouldn’t know that if you’re watching television.

Attorney General candidate Jared Solomon, a State Representative from Philadelphia, released an ad saying it’s a two-person race between him and former Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

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Solomon failed to mention Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, former Philadelphia Chief Public Defender Keir Bradford-Grey, and former Bucks County solicitor Joe Khan.

In his ad, Solomon claims DePasquale is too cozy with Republicans on issues like guns. Therefore, Solomon says, Democrats should make him the party’s candidate on Tuesday.

“At this point, it’s choosing time for Democrats,” Solomon told abc27 in an interview this week. He added, “This is a Democratic primary, those are not our values.”

Pennsylvania Attorney General Democratic Debate

DePasquale pushed back on Solomon’s claims on his record and the state of the race.

“First of all, I don’t know if one person from Philadelphia gets to define what the entire Democratic Party of Pennsylvania believes,” said DePasquale.

A former state representative from York County, DePasquale says he’s never lost a primary” election

“So I think I’ve been on the ballot about six times in a primary of won every time. So Democratic voters don’t share that view of one person from Philadelphia.”

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Solomon says his polling shows him in first or second place in every corner of the commonwealth. There has been little public polling of the race thus far.

In the Republican primary, York County District Attorney Dave Sunday is running against State Representative Craig Williams of Philadelphia.

Polls in Pennsylvania are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. If you have a mail ballot, it must be returned to your county’s board of election by 8 p.m.

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