2004 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

The Pennsylvania State Treasurer election was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent state treasurer Barbara Hafer switched her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic in 2003. Hafer was term limited and could not run for a third consecutive term in office. Necessary primary elections took place on April 27, 2004. Bob Casey Jr. who was term-limited in his position as Auditor General, successfully earned the Democratic nomination for Treasurer, running unopposed in the primary. He won the general election by a comfortable margin. The Republicans had difficulty recruiting a top-tier candidate, and Jean Craige Pepper, an Erie financial executive, was the only Republican who filed. == General election == == References ==