Editing Mercer County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government and politics==
{{PresHead|place=Mercer County, Pennsylvania|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/PresidentList.html|title=Our Campaigns – U.S. President|access-date=January 22, 2021}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|37,761|20,145|685|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|36,143|21,067|907|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|31,544|18,733|2,562|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|25,925|24,232|882|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|26,565|26,411|1,192|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|26,311|24,831|422|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|23,132|23,817|1,783|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|17,213|23,003|5,563|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|16,081|23,264|10,491|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|21,301|24,278|301|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|24,211|24,658|434|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|22,372|19,716|4,002|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|22,469|25,041|725|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|27,961|18,087|1,052|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|23,131|22,814|3,160|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|18,153|32,199|211|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|29,109|24,243|128|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|28,785|19,769|120|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|26,424|20,770|343|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|18,916|16,108|862|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|19,606|16,589|212|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|21,058|16,968|189|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|18,493|20,879|939|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|14,057|10,961|1,240|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|22,599|8,204|280|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|14,639|3,688|4,093|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|11,575|4,823|2,801|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|5,866|6,390|1,495|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|1,873|4,039|6,806|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|6,497|5,473|1,774|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|8,574|3,845|1,714|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|6,950|4,916|559|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,262|5,500|315|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|5,874|4,931|757|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,428|4,806|689|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|6,357|4,861|1,052|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|6,079|5,029|735|Pennsylvania}}
|}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Mercer 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|36,468|20,302|1,318|Pennsylvania}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}
===Voter registration===
As of June 12, 2023, there are 70,553 registered voters in the county. Republicans hold a plurality of voters by a margin of 10,354 voters (14.67% of the total registered). There are 35,735 registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 25,381 registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 7,319 registered [[Independent (United States)|non-affiliated]] voters, and 2,118 voters registered to [[Third party (United States)|third parties]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Pennsylvania Department of State |author1-link=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Voter registration statistics by county |url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Documents/currentvotestats.xls |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
| thumb = left
| caption = Chart of Voter Registration
| label1 = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| value1 = 50.65
| color1 ={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| label2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| value2 = 35.97
| color2 = {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| label3 = [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]
| value3 = 10.37
| color3 = {{party color|Independent (United States)}}
| label4 = [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]
| value4 = 3.01
| 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;"| 35,735
| style="text-align:center;"| 50.65
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25,381
| style="text-align:center;"| 35.97
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (United States)}}
| [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7,319
| style="text-align:center;" | 10.37
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2,118
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.01
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:center;" | 70,553
! style="text-align:center;" | 100%
|}

===Political bellwether===
Mercer County was previously considered a political bellwether for the state of Pennsylvania since its demographics, urban-rural ratio, and party affiliation once closely mirrored the state as a whole. In [[2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2000]], [[Al Gore]] carried it against [[George W. Bush]]. This trend failed to hold true in [[2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2004]] and [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]], in which Mercer County voted more conservatively than the rest of the state. In 2004, Bush won Mercer County with 51% of the vote. That year, [[John Kerry]] won the state as a whole with 51% of the popular vote. In 2008, [[John McCain]] won Mercer County by fewer than 200 votes, as he and [[Barack Obama]] each received roughly 49% of the popular vote. Obama won Pennsylvania as a whole with 55% of the popular vote. Each of the three statewide office winners also carried Mercer in 2008. In [[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] won Mercer County by 12,403 votes, and he also won all of Pennsylvania. Each of the three Republican candidates for statewide office carried Mercer County in 2016. In [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]], Trump again carried the county, despite Pennsylvania narrowly voting for [[Joe Biden]]. Trump won 62% of the vote, the largest majority for any major party candidate since [[1964 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1964]], and the largest majority for a Republican since [[1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1928]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

===County officials===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Commissioner !! Party !! Title
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Ann Coleman || Republican || Chairman
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| William A Finley, Jr. || Republican || Vice Chairman
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Timothy McGonigle || Democrat || Secretary 
|- 
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Office !! Official !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| President Judge of Court of Common Pleas || Daniel P. Wallace || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Judge of Court of Common Pleas || D. Neil McEwen || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Judge of Court of Common Pleas || Tedd C. Nesbit || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Judge of Court of Common Pleas || Ronald D. Amrhein Jr. || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Clerk of Courts/Register of Wills || Mary Jo Basilone DePreta || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| District Attorney || Pete Acker || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Coroner || John A. Libonati || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Sheriff || Bruce Rosa || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Treasurer || Amber White || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Prothonotary || Ruth Bice || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Recorder of Deeds || Dee Dee Zickar || Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Controller || Steve Sherman || Republican
|}

===State House of Representatives===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Representative !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 7 || [[Parke Wentling]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 17 || [[Timothy R. Bonner]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===State Senate===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!District !! Senator !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 50th Senatorial District|50]] || [[Michele Brooks]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===United States House of Representatives===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!District !! Representative !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district|16]] || [[Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)|Mike Kelly]] || [[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]]
|}