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    Cities in Pennsylvania

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    Cities by state


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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.

    This page includes the following resources:

    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
    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

    2023[edit]

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

    2022[edit]

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

    2021[edit]

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

    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


    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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    External links[edit]

    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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