Rob McCord, of Bryn Mawr, a newcomer to elective politics who lent his campaign $1 million to help finance an intense advertising blitz, had 511,183 votes, or 42 percent, with 74 percent of precincts reporting.

McCord, 49, led all four candidates in fundraising. He accumulated about $3.5 million, including a $1 million loan from himself, and spent much of it on TV and newspaper advertising.

John Cordisco, a Bucks County lawyer and former legislator, was in second place with 231,772 votes, or 29 percent. Cordisco raised more than $1 million, including $260,000 in loans, and was the only other candidate to air TV ads.

State Rep. Jennifer Mann, a Democrat from Allentown, had 178,588 votes, or 22 percent, and former investment counselor Dennis Morrison-Wesley, of Harrisburg, had 54,683 votes, or 7 percent.

The office will be open in January. Treasurer Robin Wiessmann agreed not to seek a full four-year term when she was appointed in April to fill a vacancy created by Bob Casey's election to the U.S. Senate.

Mann, 38, a fifth-term legislator from Allentown, raised more than $150,000. She was hoping a large turnout by women voters backing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination for president would help her candidacy.

Morrison-Wesley, 58, of Harrisburg, raised virtually no money. He said he hoped his professional experience and political connections in his home city of Philadelphia would bolster his prospects.

The Democratic nominee will face Republican Tom Ellis, a bond lawyer and former Montgomery County commissioner, in the November election. Ellis was unopposed in the GOP primary.

Women have filled the treasurer's post for 18 of the past 20 years.

The Democratic showdown for treasurer was the only nomination contest among the three statewide row offices, which also include attorney general and auditor general.

Incumbents in the other two row offices are both seeking second terms.

Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett faced no opposition from within his party, nor did his presumptive Democratic challenger, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli.

Auditor General Jack Wagner, a Democrat, and his apparent Republican challenger, Lancaster County businessman Chet Beiler, were also unopposed in the primary. *