Eric Papenfuse

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Eric Papenfuse

Democratic Party

Prior offices:

Mayor of Harrisburg

Years in office: 2014 - 2022

Successor: Wanda Williams (D)

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 2, 2021

Eric Papenfuse (Democratic Party) was the Mayor of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. Papenfuse assumed office on January 6, 2014. Papenfuse left office on January 3, 2022.

Papenfuse (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Mayor of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. Papenfuse lost as a write-in in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Elections

2021

Note: Write-in votes received by Eric Papenfuse (D) are reported in the Other/Write-in votes line.

See also: Mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of Harrisburg

Wanda Williams defeated Timothy Rowbottom and incumbent Eric Papenfuse in the general election for Mayor of Harrisburg on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wanda Williams (D)	65.0	4,429
	Submit photo	Timothy Rowbottom (R)	6.9	470
		Eric Papenfuse (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	28.2	1,920

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,819
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Harrisburg

Wanda Williams defeated incumbent Eric Papenfuse, Dave Schankweiler, Otto Banks, and Kevyn Knox in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Harrisburg on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wanda Williams	28.8	1,791
		Eric Papenfuse	28.1	1,745
	Submit photo	Dave Schankweiler	21.6	1,339
	Submit photo	Otto Banks	20.0	1,243
	Submit photo	Kevyn Knox	1.1	66
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	25

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,209
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Harrisburg

Timothy Rowbottom advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Harrisburg on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Timothy Rowbottom	67.5	369
		Other/Write-in votes	32.5	178

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 547
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Campaign themes

2021

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Mayor of Harrisburg 2014-2021	Succeeded by Wanda Williams (D)