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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the100 largest cities in America by population and thelargest 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 allstate capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

• Thecity governments covered by Ballotpedia in Pennsylvania
• An overview oflocal elections in Pennsylvania
• An overview of theinitiative process in Pennsylvania

Cities

City government

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia'scoverage scope and thecounty governments that overlap those cities:

According to a 2022 study from theU.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 ofPhiladelphia.

Elections

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

See also:United States municipal elections, 2025 andSchool 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

See also:United States municipal elections, 2024 andSchool board elections, 2024

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

2023

See also:United States municipal elections, 2023 andSchool 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

See also:United States municipal elections, 2022 andSchool board elections, 2022

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - City council (special)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - City council (special)

2021

See also:United States municipal elections, 2021 andSchool 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

See also:United States municipal elections, 2020 andSchool board elections, 2020

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

Initiative process availability

See also:Laws governing local ballot measures in Pennsylvania

Counties

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

Cities

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

Pennsylvania	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania elections, 2026 Public policy in Pennsylvania Endorsers in Pennsylvania	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2026 municipal elections School board elections, 2026 Local ballot measure elections in 2026 2026 local judicial elections

External links

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

Footnotes

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