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Pennsylvania 2022 elections: U.S. Senate • U.S. House • Governor • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Local ballot measures • Municipal • Candidate ballot access


Pennsylvania elections, 2023
Past elections: 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014


Voting in Pennsylvania

Federal politics[edit]

  • U.S. congressional delegation from Pennsylvania
  • Federal courts in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state politics[edit]

  • Pennsylvania state executive offices
  • Pennsylvania General Assembly (House, Senate)
  • Courts in Pennsylvania
  • Ballot measures

Local politics in Pennsylvania[edit]

  • Municipal elections
  • Mayoral elections
  • Allegheny County, Philadelphia (County), Philadelphia (City), Pittsburgh
  • School districts in Pennsylvania
  • Local courts and judges by county
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Pennsylvania fact checks[edit]

Policy issues in Pennsylvania[edit]

  • Budget: Budget and finances • Taxes
  • Civil liberties: Affirmative action • Campaign finance • Nonprofit regulation
  • Education: Charter schools • Higher education • Public education • School choice
  • Election: Ballot access requirements • Redistricting • Voting
  • Energy: Energy information • Fracking
  • Environment: Environmental information • Endangered species
  • Finance: Financial regulation information
  • Healthcare: Healthcare information • Medicaid spending • Effect of the Affordable Care Act
  • Immigration: Immigration information
  • Pensions: Public pensions

Influencers in Pennsylvania[edit]

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State leadership[1]
  • Governor: Tom Wolf Democratic Party
  • Secretary of State: Veronica Degraffenreid Independent
  • Speaker of the House: Bryan Cutler Republican Party
  • Chief Justice: Max Baer Independent
Capital:  Harrisburg
Motto:  Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
Population:  12,791,904
Land area of state:  44,743 sq. mi.
Admitted to U.S.:  1787
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Footnotes[edit]

  1. The legislative leaders on this list are current as of the most recent regular session of the state legislature. Know of an update we can make to this list? Email us to report a change.

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