| Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
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| Inaugural holder | John Passmore |
| Formation | 1818 |
The Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has had 43 mayors since 1818. [1]
Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 4,169,
Elizabethtown is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Harrisburg, the state capital. Small factories existed at the turn of the 20th century when the population in 1900 was 1,861. As of the 2020 census, the population of the borough was 11,639. Elizabethtown is commonly referred to in south-central Pennsylvania as "E-Town." This nickname is also used for the local college and high school.
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 at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population among Pennsylvania's municipalities. The Lancaster metropolitan area population is 552,984, making it the 104th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and second-largest in the South Central Pennsylvania area.
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Burlington City Council is the city council responsible for the city of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The council consists of the mayor plus six councillors.
Richard Martin Scott was an American politician, U.S. Air Force pilot, and the former Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is best known to have led the effort to bring professional baseball back to the city of Lancaster. This was realized with the creation of the Lancaster Barnstormers, of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He also served as Adjutant General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1986.
Francis Bernard McClain was the 11th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.
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P. Michael Sturla is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He has represented the 96th District in Lancaster County, including the city of Lancaster, since 1991. Sturla served as House Democratic Policy Committee Chair until 2020. He currently serves as the Democratic minority chair of the House Urban Affairs Committee.
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Janice C. Stork (born ?) is an American politician, businesswoman, and member of the Democratic Party. Stork was elected as the first female Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1989, defeating Republican challenger, Mary Lou Broucht. Stork, who had previously served on the Lancaster City Council, served as Mayor for two, consecutive four-year terms from January 1990 until January 1998.
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.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
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.
Danene Sorace is an American politician and current mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She was elected as the 43rd mayor of Lancaster and "the second woman to serve in the position." She is a member of the Democratic Party. She received her bachelor's degree from Albright College and her master's degree in public policy from Rutgers University. She is also the former director of the Answer program at Rutgers.
The 2021 mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 2021. Two-term incumbent mayor Eric Papenfuse, a member of the Democratic Party, ran for a third term, but lost re-nomination to City Council President Wanda Williams. On September 15, 2021, Papenfuse formally announced that he would run a write-in campaign in the November General Election. Williams won the general election against Papenfuse by more than a 2–1 margin.
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