Editing Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Politics and government==
{{PresHead|place=Lackawanna 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}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|56,261|59,510|1,154|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|52,334|61,991|1,370|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|48,384|51,983|4,037|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|35,085|61,838|1,428|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|39,488|67,520|1,531|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|44,766|59,573|1,480|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|35,096|57,471|3,814|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|26,930|46,377|9,374|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|33,443|45,054|16,471|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|42,083|45,591|1,067|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|48,132|45,851|1,202|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|44,242|45,257|5,948|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|43,354|57,685|1,758|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|58,838|45,465|566|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|44,388|66,297|3,706|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|31,272|88,131|137|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|49,636|80,098|49|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|64,386|55,741|79|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|61,644|64,926|147|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|46,283|64,495|971|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|47,261|59,190|127|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|54,931|71,343|411|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|51,186|80,585|2,030|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|34,632|40,793|1,135|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|46,510|52,665|94|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|37,708|16,859|7,834|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|40,593|24,581|1,866|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|17,658|15,727|1,373|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|3,799|12,423|16,661|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|18,590|15,451|747|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|19,923|10,068|876|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|16,763|14,728|1,019|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|18,737|11,869|999|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|10,729|10,351|1,098|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|10,279|9,858|1,058|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|9,656|6,171|687|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|7,357|7,178|239|Pennsylvania}}
|}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Lackawanna 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|Democratic|51,944|61,653|2,289|Pennsylvania}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}
According to the Secretary of State's office, Democrats hold a majority of the voters in Lackawanna County.
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Lackawanna County Voter Registration Statistics as of January 8, 2024<ref name="Voter Registration">{{cite web |author=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State |title=January 2023 Voter Registration Statistics |url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx |access-date=January 16, 2023 |format=XLS}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Political Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 78,064
| align = center | 54.64%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 47,481
| align = center | 33.23%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| No Party Affiliation
| align = center | 13,867
| align = center | 9.70%
|-
| {{party color cell|Other party (United States)}}
| Third Parties 
| align = center | 3,453
| align = center | 2.42%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 142,865
! align = center | 100.00%
|}

The Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics since the rise of new immigrant populations and their descendants since the mid-19th century. The county is part of [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district]].

On the state and national levels, Lackawanna County has strongly favored the Democratic Party for the last ninety years. It leaned Republican from [[1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1896]] to [[1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1924]], only failing to back [[William Howard Taft]] during that timespan when the party's vote was split between him and former president [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. The county has only voted for the Republican candidate three times since [[1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1928]]: in the national Republican landslides of [[1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1956]], [[1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1972]], and [[1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1984]]. In [[2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2000]], Democrat [[Al Gore]] won 60% of the vote and Republican [[George W. Bush]] won 36%.<ref name="returns">{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=2|title=Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information|access-date=March 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127051435/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=2|archive-date=November 27, 2008}}</ref> In [[2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2004]] Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 56% of the vote and Bush received 42%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=11|title=Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information|access-date=March 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127051425/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=11|archive-date=November 27, 2008}}</ref> In [[2006 United States elections|2006]], Democrats Governor [[Ed Rendell]] and Senator [[Bob Casey, Jr.]], won 70% and 73% of the vote in Lackawanna County, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=24 |title=Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information |access-date=March 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529001955/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=24 |archive-date=May 29, 2008 }}</ref> In [[2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2008]] three of four Democrats running statewide carried the county, with [[Barack Obama]] receiving 63% of the county vote to 37% for [[John McCain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=28|title=Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information|access-date=March 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221182246/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=28|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> Although Obama easily carried Lackawanna County again in [[2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2012]], [[Donald Trump]] came very close to beating [[Hillary Clinton]] in [[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]]. However, in [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]], Lackawanna County voted for [[Joe Biden]], a native son of the county, by over 8 points, an improvement over Clinton's margin but not as high as either of Obama's. In Lackawanna County, Democratic strength primarily comes from the city of Scranton and its immediate suburbs, while Republicans do better in the more rural, outer parts of the county.

===County commissioners===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Official
!Party
!Term ends
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Chris Chermak
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2027
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill Gaughan
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2027
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Matt McGloin
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2027 (Resigned 2025)
|}

=== County Row Officers ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Office
!Official
!Party
!Term ends
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Clerk of Judicial Records
|Mauri B. Kelly
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Controller
|Gary DiBileo
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Coroner
|Timothy Rowland
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Treasurer
|Edward Karpovich
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|District Attorney
|Mark Powell
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2025
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Recorder of Deeds
|Evie Rafalko-McNulty
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2025
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Register of Wills
|Frances Kovaleski
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2025
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Sheriff
|Mark McAndrew
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2025
|}

=== United States House of Representatives ===
''{{As of|2025|1|3|df=US}}:''
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!District
!Representative
!Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district|8]]
|[[Rob Bresnahan]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

=== United States Senate ===
''{{As of|2025|1|3|df=US}}:''
{| class="wikitable"
!Senator
!Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|[[Dave McCormick]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[John Fetterman]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|}

=== State House of Representatives ===
''{{As of|2023|1|13|df=US}}:''
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!District
!Representative
!Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 112|112]]
|[[Kyle Mullins]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 113|113]]
|[[Kyle Donahue (politician)|Kyle Donahue]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 114|114]]
|[[Bridget Malloy Kosierowski]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 118|118]]
|[[Jim Haddock]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|}

=== State senate ===
''{{As of|2021|3|29|df=US}}:''
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!District
!Senator
!Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Pennsylvania Senate, District 22|22]]
|[[Marty Flynn]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|}