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The William Penn Task Force is against the demolition of the historic building and recommends its use as a training academy focused on academics, arts and athletics.

With a change in mayoral in leadership, Wanda Williams' supporters hope she can bring about much-needed change.

Two Democratic candidates went head-to-head for a second time after Wanda Williams won the primary and Mayor Eric Papenfuse launched a write-in campaign.

Pennsylvania had 3,417,781 registered Republicans and 4,024,275 registered Democrats. That is the lowest number of registered Pennsylvania Democrats in a decade.

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May 19, 2021 >>City Council President Wanda Williams Wins Democratic Nod For Harrisburg Mayor (Harrisburg, PA) -- Harrisburg will be welcoming in a new mayor. City Council President Wanda Williams won the Democratic nod for city mayor yesterday over incumbent Eric Papenfuse and three other candidates. Williams earned more than 17-hundred votes, defeating Papenfuse by about 60 votes. She is most likely going to be running against lone Republican candidate Timothy Rowbottom later this year. ...

2021 Municipal Primary Election Recap 2021 Municipal Primary Election Recap 0 226 Pennsylvania’s 2021 municipal primary took place yesterday (Tuesday, May 18). Statewide, Pennsylvania officials sent out 820,757 mail and absentee ballots. As of 5/18, voters had returned roughly 69% of these ballots. With vote tallying still ongoing,  all results are UNOFFICIAL. Statewide Ballot Questions Four statewide ballot questions were on the primary election slate for Pennsylvania voters to decide; inc...

Primary election 2021: Dauphin County races to watch include CD schools, Harrisburg council Updated May 13, 2021; Facebook Share This may be an off-year election, but in many parts of Dauphin County it’s off to a running start. The ballot is packed with an array of candidates for county, municipal, school district and district judge offices for Tuesday’s primary election. The action doesn’t just center on Harrisburg, either, although the ballots for the mayoral, city council and school...

Harrisburg’s mayoral candidates meet up in last forum before May 18 primary Updated May 13, 2021; Posted May 12, 2021 The four top-tier candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination for Harrisburg mayor brought their pre-primary debate season to a close Wednesday night. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com Facebook Share Here’s a look at the highlights of the four participants’ pitches. Otto Banks. The former city council member and deputy assistant secretary in George W. Bush’s De...

Five Democrats spar in lively Harrisburg mayoral debate Updated 10:57 PM; The five Democratic candidates for Harrisburg mayor squared off in their first debate Saturday night, and the battle for votes was charged and pointed. Challengers Otto Banks and David Schankweiler spent the night on the attack against incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse, charging him with failing to fix the city’s most basic problems, and failing to serve all of the city’s residents equally. Papenfuse, meanwhile, gave a ...