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The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.     

This spring, the Democrats and Republicans running for their party's nomination for the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General were profiled.  There were five Democrats and two Republicans.  From that field, voters elected Eugene DePasquale as the Democratic Party nominee, while Republicans elected Dave Sunday.  Fast forward four quick months, and the pair is embroiled in a contentious race in which the central focus is whether the Attorney General needs to have courtroom experience as a prosecutor.  Dave Sunday has it as the elected District Attorney of York County, but Eugene DePasquale does not.  He relies most heavily on his two-terms as a former PA Auditor General, leading complex state investigations.  On this edition of The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau, conversations with both men about their experience and desire to become Pennsylvania's next Attorney General.