2025 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral election

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Lancaster mayoral election, 2025
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CandidateJaime ArroyoTony Dastra
Party Democratic Green
Popular vote9,0861,137
Percentage83.35%10.43%
Mayor before election

Danene Sorace
Democratic

Elected mayor

Jaime Arroyo
Democratic

The 2025 mayoral election in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was held on November 4, 2025, and resulted in the election of Democratic Party nominee Jaime Arroyo to his first term as mayor of Lancaster, the first Latino mayor of Lancaster. [1]

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Background

Two-term incumbent mayor Danene Sorace, a Democrat, did not seek re-election. [2]

Campaign

The general election was contested by three candidates: Democratic nominee Jaime Arroyo, a member of the Lancaster City Council; Green Party nominee Tony Dastra, an employee of the Lancaster Township Public Works Department and candidate for mayor in 2017; and independent candidate J.S. "Woody" Chandler, a retired English teacher at McCaskey High School and U.S Navy veteran. [3] Janet Diaz, another city council member, ran for the Democratic nomination, but lost to Arroyo after a social media post some considered racist or Islamophobic towards fellow city council member Ahmed Ahmed, [4] who was running for reelection, and then missing a scheduled debate with Arroyo. [5]

Results

Mayor of Lancaster, 2025 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Arroyo 3,710 83.48%
Democratic Janet Diaz71015.98%
Democratic Other130.29%
Write-ins 110.25%
Total votes4,444 100.00%
Mayor of Lancaster, 2017 general election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Arroyo 9,086 83.35%
Green Tony Dastra1,13710.43%
Independent J.S. "Woody" Chandler5725.25%
Write-ins 1060.97%
Total votes10,901 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lancaster elects new mayor". WGAL. 5 November 2025. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mayor Sorace won't seek a third term". One United Lancaster. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ Schweigert, Keith (29 October 2025). "Who Will Lead Lancaster? Meet the Mayoral Candidates". fox43.com. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ Campos, Jade (11 April 2025). "Lancaster mayoral hopeful faces calls to end campaign, resign council seat over social media post". LancasterOnline. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Campos, Jade (9 May 2025). "Lancaster mayoral candidate Jaime Arroyo goes solo at debate; Janet Diaz doesn't show". LancasterOnline. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election Results". electionresults.lancastercountypa.gov. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Election Results". electionresults.lancastercountypa.gov. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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