Judge Patrick Dugan, left, will run against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in the general election Nov. 4. Read more Uncredited / AP

by Ellie Rushing Published Aug. 11, 2025, 6:20 p.m. ET

District Attorney Larry Krasner called it.

From the first time Krasner publicly debated his then-Democratic primary opponent Patrick F. Dugan, the progressive prosecutor questioned his challenger’s ties to local Republicans and cornered him into denouncing President Donald J. Trump.

Leading up to the May primary election, Krasner repeatedly touted his dedication to resisting Republicans — and signaled that Dugan was secretly one of them.

Dugan and his team dismissed the accusations, going as far as to say that, even amid a GOP write-in campaign to hand him the Republican

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