2021 Harrisburg mayoral election

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2021 Harrisburg mayoral election
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November 2, 2021 (2021-11-02)
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Candidate Wanda Williams Write-in votes Tim Rowbottom
Party Democratic Write-in Republican
Popular vote 4,402 1,911 465
Percentage 64.9 28.2 6.9
Precinct results
Williams:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Mayor before election

Eric Papenfuse
Democratic

 Elected mayor

Wanda Williams
Democratic

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 the 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.[1] Williams won the general election against Papenfuse by more than a 2–1 margin.[2][3]

Eric Papenfuse was first elected mayor of Harrisburg in 2013.[4] He was re-elected to a second term in 2017.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Results

2021 Harrisburg mayoral Democratic primary results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wanda Williams 1,776 28.9%
Democratic Eric Papenfuse (incumbent) 1,720 28.0%
Democratic Dave Schankweiler 1,329 21.6%
Democratic Otto Banks 1,237 20.1%
Democratic Kevyn Knox 66 1.0%
Write-in 25 0.4%
Total votes 6,153 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Tim Rowbottom, businessman[12]

Results

2021 Harrisburg mayoral Republican primary results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Rowbottom 366 67.3%
Write-in 178 32.7%
Total votes 544 100%

General election

Results

2021 Harrisburg mayoral election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wanda Williams 4,402 64.9
Republican Tim Rowbottom 465 6.9
Write-in 1,911 28.2
Total votes 6,778 100.0
Democratic hold

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