Former Bucks County, Joe Khan, announced on Monday that he was the District Prosecutor of the Ferrity, starting a race against the Republican Sądłąd, Jennifer Schorn, who could test political changes in Purple.
Khan, who was first appointed lawyer in 2020, left his role in the county last year Join the crowded field of Democrats candidates for the Prosecutor General in Pennsylvania. Khan took third place in the five -way main main auditor Eugene Depasquale and the District Prosecutor of Delaware Jack Stoolsteimer.
During the race, Khan expanded his profile throughout the state and local state, emphasizing his work on the defense of the Bucks to the efforts of President Donald Trump about throwing voting cards in 2020 and promising that they would face vast corporations. After losing in the basic democratic, he returned to private practice In the company with headquarters in Yardley, in which he was involved in a few rights to vote before the election in 2024.
Khan, who also unsuccessfully ran to Philadelphia DA in 2017, announced his candidacy for a four -year term The District Prosecutor with support from the Democratic Committee of the Bucks.
“Bucks, the unit, needs a prosecutor who has documented achievements in the field of crime, corruption and attacks on our rights,” said Khan in a statement. “That’s what I have done for 25 years and I will do it as our next district prosecutor.”
Schorn, a resident of Bucks and Long -Maning The prosecutor, who worked in the office of the District Prosecutor’s Office since 1999, was appointed in 2024 to end the term won by her predecessor Matt Weintrauba three years earlier. Weintraub successfully ran to the judge of the Funny in 2023.
Responding to Khan’s announcement on Monday, Schorn said that the unit “will not find a sharp lawyer of crime or justice” than her.
During her prosecutor, Scharn said that she presided over some of the most intricate matters of the county and secured eight convictions in decades of unsolved murders, including the recent conviction for the first -degree murder of Robert Atkins for murder in 1991 in Croydon.
In addition, she managed the proceedings that dismantled the sexual rings and other corrupt organizations.
She asked if the opponent’s CV could compare, and wondered what his real purpose was to apply for the office in the county.
“The reality is that I love this job, I love this office and I love to know that we worked so hard to ensure the safety of this community,” said Schorn. “It is annoying that someone can use it for their own political program, especially after the last seven years of applying for the office.”
Both candidates will probably act without opposition in the basics of the party before the universal elections in November.
Although this year every other office in the order is in voting, the race of the District Prosecutor will probably be the most raucous race in Bucks, because the Republicans want to exploit the profits they achieved in November last year.
The Bucks Film remains the only purple unit in the suburbs of Philadelphia and it was the only unit in the area that voted in favor of placing Trump back to the White House, even when the county supported the former democratic Senator Bob Casey.
Municipal elections in November will be a key test of the constant momentum of Republicans in Bucks before the election in the middle of the period.
Although the Council of Commissioners of the County is controlled by Democrats, Republicans are currently playing every position. The Democratic Committee of Bucks announced on Monday that he supported the candidate for every place.
“At a time when the foundations are questioned, the foundations of our democracy are questioned, it is now important that we choose people who are devoted to complying with the rule of law and the rights of all bucks notifications,” said Steve Santarsiero chairman in a statement.
