Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania,and one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census,it is the tenth-most-populous city in the state. The Lancaster metropolitan area population is 552,984,making it the second largest in the South Central Pennsylvania area.
Manheim Township is a township in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania,United States. It was established in 1729. The township's southernmost border meets the city limits of Lancaster and includes the communities of Neffsville,Dillerville,and Landis Valley. Its population,as of the 2020 census,was 43,977 making it the second largest municipality in the county after Lancaster City.
Edward Gene Rendell is an American lawyer,prosecutor,politician,and author who served as the 45th governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. He served as chair of the national Democratic Party from 1999 to 2001,as the 96th mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000,and as district attorney of Philadelphia from 1978 to 1986.
William Mark Peduto is an American politician who was the 60th mayor of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania from 2014 until 2022. He was a Democratic member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 2002 to 2014.
Louis John Barletta is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as mayor of Hazleton,Pennsylvania,from 2000 to 2010.
J. Richard Gray is an American lawyer and politician,who was mayor of Lancaster,Pennsylvania from 2006 until 2018.
Sharon Weston Broome is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge,Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10,2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
Kathleen Ann Dahlkemper is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected the county executive of Erie County,Pennsylvania in 2013 and served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
Charles W. Smithgall was an American politician,pharmacist,and businessman. Smithgall served as the mayor of Lancaster,Pennsylvania,for two terms from January 1998 until January 3,2006. He is credited with spearheading several major infrastructure and redevelopment projects throughout Lancaster,including the conversion of the then-vacant Watt &Shand department store into the Lancaster County Convention Center and Marriott Hotel,as well as the construction of Clipper Magazine Stadium,the main Queen Street Station of the Red Rose Transit Authority,and Binns Park.
Carolyn Comitta is an American politician,educator and financial officer. A Democrat,she is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 19th district. Previously,Comitta was the first woman to serve as Mayor of West Chester,the seat of Chester County,Pennsylvania,and served two terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 156th district.
The 2013 Pittsburgh mayoral election took place on November 5,2013. Democrat Bill Peduto was elected the 60th Mayor of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. The primary election was held on May 21,2013. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Luke Ravenstahl,although eligible for a second full term,did not seek reelection as Mayor of Pittsburgh.
The 2017 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey,as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate,representing Alabama,and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.
David H. Zimmerman is an American politician and current member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 99th District.
The 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania,concurrently with the election of Pennsylvania's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various local elections. Incumbent Governor Tom Wolf won re-election to a second term by a double-digit margin,defeating Republican challenger Scott Wagner and two third-party candidates from the Green Party,Paul Glover and Libertarian Party,Ken Krawchuk. The primary elections were held on May 15. This was the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in 2018 in a state Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.
Scott Martin is an American politician from Pennsylvania who has been a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district since January 3,2017. He was previously a two-term Lancaster county commissioner and chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican County Commissioners Caucus. Martin is married to Amber Martin and they have four children. After a six-month exploratory committee,on December 11,2021,Martin announced his intention to seek the office of governor of Pennsylvania. He suspended his gubernatorial bid on February 11,2022,because of complications from a broken leg and other injuries suffered in an accident,resulting in surgery.
Jennifer O'Mara is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 165th Legislative District. The district includes parts of Springfield Township,Marple Township,Radnor Township and the borough of Morton.
The 2017 mayoral election in Lancaster,Pennsylvania,was held on November 7,2017,and resulted in the election of Democratic Party nominee Danene Sorace to her first term as mayor.
Valerie A. Arkoosh is an American anesthesiologist,politician,and academic who is the current secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services,serving since 2023. Arkoosh was formerly the chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and the first female chair.
Paige Gebhardt Cognetti is an American politician serving as the 36th mayor of Scranton,Pennsylvania. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and won her seat in a special election. A member of the Democratic Party,she ran her first Scranton mayoral campaign as an Independent.
