Papenfuse was challenged in the Democratic primary by Lewis Butts, political newcomer Anthony Harrell, former police officer Jennie Jenkins, and former Harrisburg City Council president Gloria Martin-Roberts.[2] A debate featuring the Democratic primary candidates was held on May 2, 2017.[3]
Papenfuse was unopposed in the general election.[1]
2017, harrisburg, mayoral, election, 2017, mayoral, election, harrisburg, pennsylvania, held, november, 2017, resulted, incumbent, mayor, eric, papenfuse, member, democratic, party, being, elected, second, term, 2013, november, 2017, 2017, 2021, candidate, eri. The 2017 mayoral election in Harrisburg Pennsylvania was held on November 7 2017 and resulted in incumbent mayor Eric Papenfuse a member of the Democratic Party being re elected to a second term 1 2017 Harrisburg mayoral election 2013 November 7 2017 2017 11 07 2021 Candidate Eric Papenfuse Party Democratic Popular vote 3 788 Percentage 88 30 Mayor before election Eric Papenfuse Democratic Mayor Eric Papenfuse Democratic Contents 1 Background 2 Campaign 3 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesBackground editEric Papenfuse was elected mayor of Harrisburg in 2013 1 Campaign editPapenfuse was challenged in the Democratic primary by Lewis Butts political newcomer Anthony Harrell former police officer Jennie Jenkins and former Harrisburg City Council president Gloria Martin Roberts 2 A debate featuring the Democratic primary candidates was held on May 2 2017 3 Papenfuse was unopposed in the general election 1 Results editMayor of Harrisburg Democratic primary 2017 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Eric Papenfuse incumbent 2 663 49 02 Democratic Gloria Martin Roberts 2 053 37 79 Democratic Jennie Jenkins 507 9 33 Democratic Lewis Butts 125 2 30 Democratic Anthony Harrell 74 1 36 Democratic write ins 11 0 20 Total votes 5 433 100 00 Mayor of Harrisburg 2017 general election 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Eric Papenfuse incumbent 3 788 88 30 N A write ins 502 11 70 Total votes 4 290 100 00 Democratic holdSee also edit2017 United States elections List of mayors of Harrisburg PennsylvaniaReferences edit a b c McKelvey Wallace November 8 2017 Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse reelected in uncontested race Penn Live Retrieved December 25 2018 Vendel Christine May 17 2017 Harrisburg mayor hangs on to Democratic nomination in hard fought race Penn Live Retrieved December 25 2018 McKelvey Wallace May 3 2017 That s entertaining 5 memorable moments from Harrisburg s mayoral debate Penn Live Retrieved December 25 2018 a b Election Results for City Mayor Dauphin County Pennsylvania Retrieved December 25 2018 nbsp nbsp This Pennsylvania elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Harrisburg mayoral election amp oldid 1174347431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
