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==Politics and government== {{PresHead|place=Bucks County, Pennsylvania|whig=no|source1=<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}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|198,722|198,431|5,196|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|187,367|204,712|5,212|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|164,361|167,060|13,621|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|156,579|160,521|4,166|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|150,248|179,031|4,045|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|154,469|163,438|1,909|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|121,927|132,914|8,581|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|94,899|103,313|29,151|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|94,584|97,902|56,021|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|127,563|82,472|2,605|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|130,119|74,568|1,032|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|100,536|59,120|21,508|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|85,628|79,838|3,457|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|99,684|56,784|3,591|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|69,646|57,634|15,931|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|50,243|78,287|646|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|67,501|57,177|438|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|59,862|38,541|180|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|40,753|24,301|275|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|29,411|16,655|1,018|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|25,634|17,823|270|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|25,169|20,586|229|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|23,860|24,159|876|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1932|Republican|22,331|14,135|1,341|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|28,421|8,446|301|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|17,460|6,582|2,066|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|14,130|6,867|684|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|9,269|7,491|414|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|5,452|6,773|4,812|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|9,409|7,233|362|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|9,572|6,719|290|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|9,263|7,287|253|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|9,798|6,685|524|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|8,230|8,390|272|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|8,584|8,642|253|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|8,191|8,604|103|Pennsylvania}} {{PresRow|1880|Democratic|8,385|8,627|35|Pennsylvania}} |} {{U.S. SenHead|place=Bucks 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>}} <!-- U.S. SenRow should be {{U.S. SenRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{U.S. SenRow|2024|Democratic|194,203|196,444|9,186|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. SenFoot}} Like most of the Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County was once a stronghold for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. However, in recent years it has become more of a [[swing vote|swing]] county, like Pennsylvania at large. In presidential elections, Bucks County has been caught up in the overall [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] trend that has swept the Philadelphia area, although the trend in Bucks has been less pronounced than in Delaware and Montgomery counties. It went Democratic in every presidential election from 1992 to 2020, though by a margin of less than 5% in each except for 2008, with three of those eight elections decided by less than 2% (1992, 2012, and 2016). In 2024, [[Donald Trump]] flipped the county with a victory margin of 0.07% or 291 votes. Prior to this Republicans won the county all but thrice between 1896 and 1988 (except in 1912, 1936, and 1964). Unlike most other suburban Philadelphia counties, Bucks County consistently voted Democratic during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] era, only voting Republican twice between 1856 and 1892, in 1860 and 1872. The executive government is run by a three-seat board of commissioners, one member of which serves as chairperson. Commissioners are elected through [[plurality-at-large voting|at-large voting]] and serve four-year terms. In cases of vacancy, a panel of county judges appoints members to fill seats. The current commissioners are Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia (D) (chairwoman), Robert "Bob" J. Harvie Jr. (D) (Vice-chairman), and [[Gene DiGirolamo]] (R). The current terms expire in January 2028.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commissioners {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/190/Commissioners|access-date=January 3, 2022|website=www.buckscounty.gov}}</ref> In 2012, four county employees were sentenced for compensating public employees for political work on behalf of Republican candidates.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Bill |title=Fourth Bucks official sentenced in political corruption case|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/politics/suburban_pa/20120229_Fourth_Bucks_official_sentenced_in_political_corruption_case.html |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> Bucks County is represented in U.S. Congress by {{ushr|PA|1}}, ([https://web.archive.org/web/20051216173132/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/pa08_109.gif map]) formerly numbered as the [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district|8th District]]. The district is represented by [[Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)|Brian Fitzpatrick]] (R), making this district one of 18 nationwide to be held by a Republican and won by [[Joe Biden]] in 2020. In the 2016 elections, Democrats [[Hillary Clinton]] (President), [[Josh Shapiro]] (Attorney General), and [[Joe Torsella]] (State Treasurer) won Bucks County while Republicans [[Pat Toomey]] (U.S. Senate), Brian Fitzpatrick (U.S. Representative), and John Brown (Auditor General) won Bucks County in their respective races.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buckscountyvotes.org/|title=Bucks Elections|website=buckscountyvotes.org|access-date=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125174244/http://buckscountyvotes.org/|archive-date=November 25, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2024 elections were mired in controversy in Bucks County, culminating in widespread condemnation of Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia (D), who was filmed on video stating that the "rule of law doesn't matter anymore in this country" in the context of a decision made by the county's Board of Elections to violate the PA State Supreme Court's ruling regarding which provisional ballots can and cannot be counted.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Democrats thumb nose at rule of law in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/15/pennsylvania-senate-casey-provisional-ballots/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241116020301/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/15/pennsylvania-senate-casey-provisional-ballots/ |archive-date=November 16, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> === Voter registration === {{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Chart of Voter Registration|label2=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|value2=40.66|color2={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|label1=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|value1=41.85|color1={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|label3=[[Independent (United States)|Independent]]|value3=13.23|color3={{party color|Independent (United States)}}|label4=[[Third party (United States)|Other Parties]]|value4=4.26|color4={{party color|Green Party (United States)}}}}As of November 4, 2024, there are 493,581 registered voters in Bucks County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Voter Registration Statistics by County|author1=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 4, 2024 |url=https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dos/resources/voting-and-elections-resources/voting-and-election-statistics.html|access-date=November 4, 2024 |website=dos.pa.gov}}</ref> * [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]: 206,588 (41.85%) * [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]: 200,706 (40.66%) * [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]: 65,279 (13.23%) * [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]: 21,008 (4.26%) ===County commissioners=== *Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, chair, Democratic *Robert "Bob" J. Harvie Jr., Vice Chair, Democratic *[[Gene DiGirolamo]], Republican ===County row officers=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Office<ref>{{Cite web|title=Row Officers {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/221/Row-Officers|access-date=January 4, 2022|website=www.buckscounty.gov}}</ref> ! Official ! Party ! Term ends |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clerk of Courts || Eileen Hartnett Albillar || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2027 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Controller || Pamela A. Van Blunk || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2025 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Coroner || Patti Campi || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2027 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Treasurer|| Kris Ballerini || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2027 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Attorney || Jennifer Schorn ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2025 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Prothonotary || Coleen Christian ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2025 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Recorder of Deeds || Daniel "Dan" McPhillips ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2025 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Register of Wills || Linda Bobrin ||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | 2027 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Sheriff || Frederick "Fred" A. Harran ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2025 |} === Law enforcement === The current Bucks County Sheriff is Frederick "Fred" A. Harran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheriff {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/551/Sheriff|access-date=January 3, 2022|website=www.buckscounty.gov}}</ref> Three members of the Sheriff's Office have died in the line of duty. One was shot and two others died in traffic accidents. The first, Sheriff Abram Kulp was murdered in February 1927.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bucks County Sheriff |url=https://www.odmp.org/search?name=&agency=Bucks+County+Sheriff&state=Pennsylvania&cause=&from=1791&to=2019&filter=nok9 |website=Officer Down Memorial Page |accessdate=June 5, 2019}}</ref> ===State senate=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! District ! Senator ! Party |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 6th Senatorial District|6]] || [[Frank Farry]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 10th Senatorial District|10]] || [[Steve Santarsiero]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 16th Senatorial District|16]] || [[Jarrett Coleman]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |} ===State House of Representatives=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! District ! Representative ! Party |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 18th Representative District|18]] || [[Kathleen C. Tomlinson]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 29th Representative District|29]] || [[Tim Brennan (politician)|Tim Brennan]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 31st Representative District|31]] ||[[Perry Warren]]||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 140th Representative District|140]] ||[[ Jim Prokopiak(American politician)| Jim Prokopiak]]||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 141st Representative District|141]] || [[Tina Davis]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 142nd Representative District|142]] ||[[Joe Hogan (Pennsylvania politician)|Joe Hogan]]||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 143rd Representative District|143]] ||[[Shelby Labs]]||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Pennsylvania's 144th Representative District|144]] || [[Brian Munroe]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 145th Representative District|145]] ||[[Craig Staats]]||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 178th Representative District|178]] ||[[Kristin Marcell]]||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |} ===United States House of Representatives=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! District ! Representative ! Party |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district|1]] || [[Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)|Brian Fitzpatrick]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |} ===United States Senate=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Senator !! Party |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Dave McCormick]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[John Fetterman]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |}
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