Big win in PA: Dems. take AG office, elects first woman.
SCRANTON - Vowing to lead her office as a prosecutor and not a politician, Democrat Kathleen Kane sailed to victory Tuesday in her historic bid to become the first woman and first member of her party elected as Pennsylvania's attorney general.
The former Lackawanna County prosecutor outpaced Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed, her GOP rival, with a commanding lead that put her on track to win with a margin wider than that of any other Democrat on the statewide ballot.
"Tonight is a historic night," she said to cheering supporters at the Radisson Hotel downtown. "We have expanded the boundaries for women in
Kane, 46, took the stage just before 11 p.m., flanked by her husband and two young sons.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-08/news/34974406_1_democrat-kathleen-kane-sandusky-case-district-attorney
