As election season enters its next phase and the race for Pennsylvania attorney general shifts to a two-person contest, the current leader of the office figures to take a more prominent role in conversations surrounding the campaign. The drama that has followed state Attorney General Kathleen Kane and created disarray in her office in recent months could be a key factor in drawing differences between Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro and state Sen. John Rafferty Jr., R-Montgomery, as the campaign unfolds to be her successor.
Rafferty campaign spokesman Mike Barley called the office’s dysfunction the “elephant in the room” and said it can’t be ignored as the general election approaches. The Office of Attorney General’s new leader will need to set the agency straight and concentrate on protecting Pennsylvanians while staying away from “petty political agendas,” he said.
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