Pennsylvania elected Republican Dave Sunday, York County’s district attorney, to be its next attorney general. Sunday, 49, is a career prosecutor who promised to follow the law and take a conservative approach to the wide-ranging powers of the Attorney General’s Office.

York County District Attorney Dave Sunday is the projected winner of Pennsylvania’s Attorney General’s race. That’s left some wondering who will fill the vacancy in the District Attorney’s office. Pennsylvania law says should a District Attorney’s office become vacant for any reason,

HARRISBURG — Republican Dave Sunday has won the election to be Pennsylvania’s next attorney general, defeating Democrat Eugene DePasquale in a closely watched race to become the state’s top prosecutor.