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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Pennsylvania
* An overview of local elections in Pennsylvania
* An overview of the initiative process in Pennsylvania

## Contents

* 1 Cities
* 1.1 City government
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 3.1 Counties
* 3.2 Cities
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Cities[edit]

### City government[edit]

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City | County

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Harrisburg | Dauphin County
Philadelphia | Philadelphia County
Pittsburgh | Allegheny County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 66 counties, 2,559 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,712 special districts.[1]

Note: Philadelphia County operates under a consolidated government with the city of Philadelphia.

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania \- Mayor and city council
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \- District attorney, city controller, court of common pleas judges, and municipal court judges
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- Mayor, city council, and magisterial district judge
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania \- Sheriff, county council, county council (special), and court of common pleas judges
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Pennsylvania that year.

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania \- City council
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \- Mayor, register of wills, sheriff, city council, city commissioners, city controller (special), court of common pleas, and municipal court
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- Controller, city council, and magisterial district judges
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania \- County chief executive, controller, district attorney, treasurer, county council, and court of common pleas judges
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \- City council (special)
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- City council (special)

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania \- Mayor and city council
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \- District attorney, city controller, and local judicial seats
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- Mayor and city council
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania \- County council and sheriff
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Pennsylvania that year.

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \- Mayor, city council, city commission, county sheriff, register of wills, trial court judges, and municipal judges
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- City council, city controller, and magisterial district court judges
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania \- County council, county controller, county executive, county district attorney, county treasurer, and court of common pleas judges
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania \- City council

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Pennsylvania that year.

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Pennsylvania

### Counties[edit]

All of Pennsylvania's seven charter counties have charter amendment by initiative.[2]

### Cities[edit]

Charter amendment by initiative is available in each of Pennsylvania's 65 charter cities. In addition, the state's 37 third class cities enjoy a limited initiative process.[2]

## See also[edit]

Pennsylvania | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania elections, 2026
* Public policy in Pennsylvania
* Endorsers in Pennsylvania

* Top counties
* 100 largest cities
* Current mayors
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* 2026 municipal elections
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* Local ballot measure elections in 2026
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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Pennsylvania municipal code library
* Pennsylvania state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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