Editing Washington County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government and politics==
{{PresHead|place=Washington County, Pennsylvania|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|75,929|44,910|1,117|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|72,080|45,088|1,588|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|61,386|36,322|4,559|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|53,230|40,345|1,403|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|50,752|46,122|1,642|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|47,673|48,225|279|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|37,339|44,961|2,141|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|27,777|40,952|9,016|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|21,977|46,143|16,244|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|28,651|47,527|375|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|34,782|50,911|244|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|32,532|45,295|4,191|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|32,827|49,317|1,107|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|42,587|34,781|1,494|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|28,023|47,805|9,140|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|24,127|63,482|147|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|38,348|53,729|120|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|39,465|48,052|98|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|36,041|55,725|270|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|26,860|46,327|1,979|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|27,615|46,023|392|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|29,026|50,829|296|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|23,342|52,878|948|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|21,447|28,934|2,155|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|31,099|17,149|645|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|22,315|6,706|7,776|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|18,514|8,827|2,284|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|10,367|7,747|1,674|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|4,297|5,563|8,837|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|11,430|7,018|1,850|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|11,530|4,886|1,051|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|10,408|6,380|733|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|10,798|7,384|458|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|8,060|6,847|822|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|7,801|5,847|579|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|6,699|5,849|793|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|6,451|5,850|338|Pennsylvania}}
|}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Washington County, Pennsylvania|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/pennsylvania-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|71,798|45,926|2,717|Pennsylvania}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}
The Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics and national politics between 1932 and 2004, only voting Republican for president in Richard Nixon's 1972 landslide victory over George McGovern.
However, like much of [[Appalachia|Appalachian coal country]], Washington has trended strongly Republican in recent years. In 2000, Democrat [[Al Gore]] won 53% of the vote and Republican [[George W. Bush]] won 44%. In 2004, Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 50.14% of the vote and Bush received 49.57% a difference of 552 votes. In 2008, Republican [[John McCain]] won 51% to Democrat [[Barack Obama]]'s 46% and each of the three state row office winners carried Washington County.

===Voter registration===
As of January 8, 2024, there are 142,146 registered voters in Washington county. Registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] have a plurality of 68,164 registered voters, compared to 56,044 registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 13,943 registered [[Independent (United States)|non-affiliated]] voters, and 3,995 voters registered to [[Third party (United States)|other parties]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=May 15, 2023 |title=Voter registration statistics by county |url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx |access-date=September 29, 2023 |website=dos.pa.gov}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
| thumb = left
| caption = Chart of Voter Registration
| label1 = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| value1 = 47.95
| color1 = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| label2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| value2 = 39.42
| color2 ={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| label3 = [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] 
| value3 = 9.81
| color3 = {{party color|Independent (United States)}}
| label4 = [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]
| value4 = 2.81
| color4 = {{party color|Green Party (United States)}}
}}

{| class="wikitable float"
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment 
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"|68,164 
| style="text-align:center;"| 47.95%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 56,044 
| style="text-align:center;"| 39.42%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (United States)}}
| [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 13,943 
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.81%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,995
| style="text-align:center;"| 2.81%
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:center;" | 142,146 
! style="text-align:center;" | 100%
|}

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===County Commissioners===
[[File:Washington, Pennsylvania (8484580702).jpg|thumb|Washington County Courthouse]]

Washington County is administered by a three-member publicly elected commission. Each commissioner serves in four-year terms. Elections occur in the odd-numbered years that precede U.S. presidential elections. All three Commissioners are chosen in the same election, and voters may vote for no more than two of the candidates. By state law, the commission must have a minority party guaranteeing a political split on the commission. The Commissioners are responsible for the management of the fiscal and administrative functions of the county.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Commissioner !! Party !! Title
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Nick Sherman|| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Chairman
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Lawrence Maggi || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Vice Chairman
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Electra S. Janis || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Treasurer
|- 
|}

Maggi was the Democratic nominee for [[Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district]] against Republican incumbent [[Tim Murphy (congressman)|Tim Murphy]] in 2012. Maggi lost to Murphy and earned only 36 percent of the vote. Irey Vaughan was the Republican candidate for [[Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district]] and lost to the late Democratic incumbent [[John Murtha]] in the 2006 election.

On November 7, 2023, Nick Sherman and Lawrence Maggi were reelected as county commissioners. Electra Janis won her first term as county commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Check out Washington County's election results here |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/washington-county-pennslyvania-election-results-2023/45753429 |access-date=November 9, 2023 |website=WTAE |language=en}}</ref>


===County row offices===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Office !! Official !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Clerk of Courts || Ray Phillips || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Controller || April Sloane || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Coroner || Timothy Warco || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| District Attorney || [[Jason M. Walsh]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Prothonotary || Laura Hough || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Recorder of Deeds || Carrie Perrell || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Register of Wills || James Roman || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Sheriff || Anthony Andronas || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Treasurer || Tom Flickinger || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===State House of Representatives<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/county_list.cfm?CNTYLIST=Washington|title=Find Your Legislator|last=Center|first=Legislativate Data Processing|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!District !! Representative !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 15th Representative District|15]] || [[Josh Kail]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 39th Representative District|39]] || [[Andrew Kuzma]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 40th Representative District|40]] || [[Natalie Mihalek]] ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 46th Representative District|46]] || [[Jason Ortitay]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 48th Representative District|48]] || [[Tim O'Neal (politician)|Timothy O'Neal]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 50th Representative District|50]] || [[Bud Cook (politician)|Bud Cook]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===State Senate<ref name=":0" />===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Senator !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 46|46]] || [[Camera Bartolotta]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===United States House of Representatives===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!District !! Representative !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district|14]] || [[Guy Reschenthaler]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===United States Senate===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Senator !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[John Fetterman]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Dave McCormick]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}