STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL

JOB DESCRIPTION

The attorney general shall be the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be imposed by law. The Commonwealth Attorneys Act establishes the attorney general as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth and provides the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Attorney General. The attorney general, in addition, serves as a member of the Board of Pardons, the joint Committee on Documents, the Hazardous Substances Transportation Board, the Board of Finance and Revenue, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, the Civil Disorder Commission and the Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission. Term: Four years Salary: $141,565.00 Question: What specific priorities do you have if elected to the office of attorney general?

DEMOCRATIC

John M. Morganelli

Residence: Bethlehem

Birth date: Nov. 12, 1955

Education: 1977, B.A., Moravian College; 1980, J.D., Villanova Law School Occupation: District attorney

Qualifications: District attorney, 16 years; prosecuted numerous murder cases; Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, five years; president of Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, two years; special deputy attorney general, special prosecutor

Answer to question: 1. Pass a gang statute that makes gang membership a crime so as to attack the gangs before they commit their next murder or drug deal; 2. Address the proliferation of handguns into the hands of criminals, young children and those with mental illness; 3. Abolish parole for violent criminals; 4. Crack down on illegal criminal aliens who have no respect for our laws, commit crime and use fraudulent identities.

REPUBLICAN

Tom Corbett

Residence: Harrisburg Birth date: June 17, 1949

Education: 1971, Lebanon Valley College, B.A. 1975, St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D.

Occupation: Attorney general Qualifications: Attorney general of Pennsylvania, four and one-half years; assistant district attorney in Allegheny County, three and one-half years, assistant U.S. attorney, three and one-half years; U.S. attorney for the Western Division of Pennsylvania, four years; chairman, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, eight years; private practice attorney, 12 years; corporate government affairs and relations, three years, member Pennsylvania Army National Guard 28th Infantry Division, 13 years; chairman, U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee; member, President Ronald Reagan’s Drug Task Force Great Lakes Region, commissioner; Shaler Township, two years

Answer to question: My top priority is making Pennsylvania a safer and better place to live, work and raise a family. As attorney general, I will continue protecting the most vulnerable of our communities, such as our children and seniors, from those who would do them harm, reaffirming the public’s trust in our elected officials, making sure that our communities are safe and free of drugs and gang activity, and protecting Pennsylvania consumers from those who commit fraud.

LIBERTARIAN

Marakay Rogers

Residence: York

Campaign Web site: www.rogersforattorneygeneral.org

Birth date: March 1, 1961

Education: Wilson College, B.A., 1981; Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1984

Occupation: Attorney

Qualifications: Practicing attorney with criminal defense and civil rights experience

Answer to question: My particular areas of concern are stopping the unnecessary, wasteful prosecution of victimless crimes, abolishing the death penalty and the protection of citizens’ rights, including defending Pennsylvanians’ right to privacy from government intrusion.