Dan Miller (Harrisburg mayoral candidate)
Dan Miller (Republican Party, Democratic Party) is running for election for Mayor of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 20, 2025. He advanced as a write-in from the Republican primary on May 20, 2025.
Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan Miller was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Dauphin High School. He earned an associate degree from Harrisburg Area Community College in 1975, a bachelor's degree from Elizabethtown College in 1977, and a graduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1982. His career experience includes working as an accountant and founding and managing a CPA firm. He has been affiliated with the Community Check Up Center of South Harrisburg.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2025)
General election
General election for Mayor of Harrisburg
Incumbent Wanda Williams and Dan Miller are running in the general election for Mayor of Harrisburg on November 4, 2025.
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 | Wanda Williams (D) | |
 | Dan Miller (R)  | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Harrisburg
Incumbent Wanda Williams defeated Dan Miller, Lamont Jones, Tone Cook Jr., and Lewis Butts Jr. in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Harrisburg on May 20, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda Williams | 35.3 | 1,729 |
| Dan Miller | 33.7 | 1,649 | |
| Lamont Jones | 22.4 | 1,096 | ||
 | Tone Cook Jr. | 6.4 | 315 | |
| Lewis Butts Jr. | 1.8 | 90 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 4,893 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Harrisburg
Dan Miller advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Harrisburg on May 20, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Miller (Write-in) | 44.3 | 112 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 55.7 | 141 | ||
| Total votes: 253 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dan Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Miller's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have a BS in accounting, an MBA in finance, I am a CPA and I founded and managed a successful CPA Firm in downtown Harrisburg for 30+ years. I worked with hundreds of business and non-profit clients, small and large. I would be the first business professional to be mayor of the city in more than forty years. Currently, city management is highly inefficient I would be able to make significant improvements. I have served on many boards of directors, often involving discriminated and underserved communities. For the past 10 years I have served as Treasurer of the Community Check UP Center in south Harrisburg providing medical services to the uninsured. Previously I started both the LGBT Pride Festival and the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. I currently own and run a community garden in the 2200 block of Atlas Street. I have close ties to the general Harrisburg Community.
I am by far the most qualified candidate in this race.- In order to thrive, Harrisburg must have safe streets, strong schools, stable finances and business opportunities. All of these are important. As a financial professional I am confident in my ability to address stable finances as every decision revolves having money available. One of my first projects will be developing and installing a system of city-wide surveillance cameras to fight crime. It is also crucial that downtown Harrisburg be rejuvenated as a hub for the entire Central PA region. My plans are detailed on my website FriendsofDanMiller.com. Please go there to read about these and so much more.
- Residents often rightfully complain about quality-of-life issues. Addressing these issues makes a neighborhood more vibrant and a much better place to live, while also reducing crime. Prompt response to quality-of-life issues allows residents to maintain their faith in government and view their community as safe. I am committed to solving quality-of-life issues promptly and providing safe and attractive neighborhoods for residents. All of these are issues I plan to tackle promptly: street lights, potholes, abandoned vehicles, blight, trash dumping, improve road and pedestrian safety
- I am a long-time financial professional with CPA and MBA credentials. After working with firms of all sizes, I established my own CPA firm in 1990 at 2nd and North Streets, where it thrived, created good-paying jobs, and continues to serve clients today. Over the years, I’ve helped hundreds of individuals and businesses develop systems, manage finances, and navigate regulations. Harrisburg’s shaky finances urgently need the skills and experience I bring to the table. I’ve advocated for solutions to collect $14.8M in unpaid trash fees. The viable solution is to hand these accounts to Dauphin County for collection. The balance grew by $1.24M in the past year. I am committed to collecting these delinquent receivables to enhance our finances.
As an avid gardener I purchased run down vacant lots in the city to create gardens. I manage a community garden that is enjoyed by the neighborhood and allows 20 different residents to garden. I planted street trees and commit to planting 1,000 trees in my term.
More important is my instinct to fight for the little guy. After accepting being gay and coming out to my family and friends, I was fired from my job. I began my own firm and one-third of the clients followed me. My former employer sued. Under oath he admitted that I was the best employee he had ever had. Since there were no laws protecting me, my employer won and I was forced to pay him $156,000 in 1994.In addition to fighting discrimination, I began the first Central PA GLBT Pride Festival and the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. As controller I fought for city bankruptcy but Wall Street was able to stop us. Now I am fighting for city residents that pay their trash bills against those that do not pay. I have also done many individual acts to helps my fellow neighbors around the city with various things from transportation to lowering real estate taxes to saving homes from being foreclosed.
The silver lining of being attacked and discriminated against was to broaden my horizons. I believe I am more understanding and compassionate than I otherwise might have been. I understand that many if not most people struggle with some issue in their life. Understanding or helping someone overcome their issues is a real accomplishment.
Most recently I was endorsed by:
LGBT Victory Fund
GHAR - Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors
I am a firm believer in government transparency and will strive to place as much on our website as possible.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 14, 2025
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