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The 2025 Pennsylvania elections will take place on November 4, 2025 to hold judicial retention votes and fill numerous county, local and municipal offices. The necessary primary elections will be held on May 20, 2025. In addition, special elections for legislative vacancies could be held at various times in 2025.
The provincial council was based on the English parliamentary system and was analogous to the Upper House or House of Lords. From the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania of 1683, the provincial council consisted of 18 to 72 members from the province's counties. The council had the power to dismiss the General Assembly, rule in the absence of ...
Did council abide by the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act? Legal interpretations vary. But a recent court ruling could provide some clarity and change how council approaches similar votes in the future.
Each council member is in charge of one of the five major departments. The city controller and treasurer are elected independently. Twenty cities employ this form of governance. The mayor-council form has a council of five, seven, or nine members, elected at large for overlapping four-year terms. A mayor, treasurer, and a controller also are ...
Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council, which helped govern the Province of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1776. Pages in category "Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
North Star School District . Region No. 1 (Jenner Township No. 1 and Jenner Township No. 3): 4-year term: Angelo R. Codispoti, D/R, Jared D. Christner, Democrat and Lance H. Shawley, Republican
The Executive Council, along with the General Assembly, moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, ahead of the British occupation of Philadelphia in the fall of 1777—the last meeting in Philadelphia took place on September 23 and the first in Lancaster on October 1. The Council returned to Philadelphia June 26, 1778.
In Pennsylvania the term for all elected members of the executive branch is four years, with a maximum of two terms. All members of the executive branch are not on the ballot in the same year: elections for governor and lieutenant governor are held in even years when there is not a presidential election, while the other three statewide offices are elected in presidential election years.