Editing Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Politics and government==

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|48,282|24,734|970|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|46,731|23,932|1,195|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|40,525|18,953|3,025|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|35,872|19,900|1,005|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|34,314|23,310|939|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|37,089|18,109|467|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|28,534|16,093|1,270|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|21,885|14,187|4,663|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|21,512|12,350|9,159|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|24,415|11,912|281|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|27,008|10,520|188|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|24,495|8,281|2,731|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|20,880|11,785|665|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|25,008|6,683|629|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|21,832|9,529|2,664|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|17,891|15,882|72|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|25,525|11,761|67|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|22,556|10,406|41|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|20,726|11,611|135|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|15,553|9,418|270|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|15,206|11,818|129|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|13,449|13,315|93|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|13,213|13,800|463|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|10,487|5,924|1,373|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|16,841|3,278|345|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|9,494|2,464|825|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|8,778|3,016|608|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|5,876|3,821|531|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|2,378|2,972|5,230|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|6,874|2,858|515|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|6,938|2,449|497|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|7,089|3,050|479|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,288|2,819|216|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|5,403|3,409|329|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,096|3,670|129|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,207|2,977|22|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|5,042|3,218|13|Pennsylvania}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|46,172|24,745|2,222|Pennsylvania}}
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===Voter registration===
According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans comprise a majority of registered voters in Lebanon County.
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Lebanon County voter registration statistics as of January 2, 2024<ref name="Voter Registration">{{cite web |url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx |format=XLS |title=November 2022 Voter Registration Statistics |access-date=November 7, 2022 |author=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309182141/https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx |archive-date=March 9, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Political party
! Total voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 50,528
| align = center | 55.42%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 26,238
| align = center | 28.78%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| No party affiliation
| align = center | 10,420
| align = center | 11.43%
|-
| {{party color cell|Other party (United States)}}
| Minor parties
| align = center | 3,978
| align = center | 4.36%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 91,164
! align = center | 100.00%
|}

===United States House of Representatives===
The county is located in the 9th congressional district, represented by [[Dan Meuser]], Republican.

===State senate===
All of the county falls within the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 48|48th Senatorial District]]. The seat is currently held by Lebanon business owner and Republican [[Chris Gebhard]].

===State House of Representatives===
The county is divided into the 98th, 101st, and 102nd Pennsylvania House Districts.

====98th District====
The 98th District, which includes [[Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania|Mt. Gretna Borough]], [[South Annville Township, Pennsylvania|South Annville Township]], and [[South Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania|South Londonderry Township]] is represented by Republican [[Tom Jones (Pennsylvania politician)|Tom Jones]].

====101st District====
:The 101st District, served by Republican [[John A. Schlegel|John Schlegel]], includes:
{|
|- valign=top
|
* [[Cornwall, Pennsylvania|Cornwall Borough]]
* [[Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Lebanon City]]
* [[North Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania|North Cornwall Twp.]]
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* [[North Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania|North Lebanon Twp.]]
* [[South Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania|South Lebanon Twp.]]
* [[West Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania|West Cornwall Twp.]]
* [[West Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania|West Lebanon Twp.]]
|}

====102nd District====
:The 102nd District, served by Republican [[Russ Diamond]], includes:
{|
|- valign=top
|
* [[Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Annville Twp.]]
* [[Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Bethel Twp.]]
* [[Cleona, Pennsylvania|Cleona Borough]]
* [[Cold Spring Township, Pennsylvania|Cold Spring Twp.]]
* [[East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|East Hanover Twp.]]
* [[Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Heidelberg Twp.]]
|
* [[Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Jackson Twp.]]
* [[Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Jonestown Borough]]
* [[Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Millcreek Twp.]]
* [[Myerstown, Pennsylvania|Myerstown Borough]]
|
* [[North Annville Township, Pennsylvania|North Annville Twp.]]
* [[Richland, Pennsylvania|Richland Borough]]
* [[North Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania|North Londonderry Twp.]]
* [[Palmyra, Pennsylvania|Palmyra Borough]]
* [[Richland, Pennsylvania|Richland Borough]]
|
* [[Swatara Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Swatara Twp.]] 
* [[Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Union Twp.]]
|}

===County government===
The county is governed by three commissioners, who are elected every four years from a slate of four candidates (two Democrats and two Republicans). Other elected officials include County Controller, Sheriff, Coroner, Prothonotary and Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, County Treasurer, and Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court.

===Electoral history===
For most of its history, Lebanon County has been one of the most [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] counties in Pennsylvania. The county is strongly Republican even by the standards of south-central Pennsylvania. It is very conservative for an urban county, having only supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for president once since 1880. That came when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] won it in his 46-state landslide reelection; even then, FDR only carried it by 587 votes. The only other time since 1880 that the county has failed to support a Republican was in 1912, when the GOP was mortally divided and [[Theodore Roosevelt]] carried it on the Bull Moose ticket.

In 1964, Lebanon County was one of only four counties in the state to vote for [[Barry Goldwater]], along with Snyder, Union, and Wayne counties.

In the [[2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|2006 election for U.S. Senate]], the county cast 21,756 votes (55.1%) for Republican [[Rick Santorum]] and 17,737 (44.9%) for Democrat [[Bob Casey, Jr.]], who won the race. In that year's [[2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|gubernatorial election]], the county cast 22,775 votes (57.5%) for Republican [[Lynn Swann]] and 16,813 (42.5%) for Democrat [[Ed Rendell]], who won the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID%3D12%26ElectionID%3D24 |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 the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], the county cast 37,089 votes (66.6%) for Republican [[George W. Bush]] and 18,109 (32.5%) for Democrat [[John Kerry]]. In that same year's election for U.S. Senate, the county cast 35,336 votes (66.8%) for Republican [[Arlen Specter]], 13,182 for Democrat [[Joe Hoeffel]], 3,320 (6.3%) for [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] candidate Jim Clymer, and 1,083 (2.0%) for [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] Betsy Summers.<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 the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] the county cast 34,314 votes (58.59%) for Republican [[John McCain]] and 23,310 votes (39.8%) for [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=42075&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - State Data |access-date=January 5, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201041545/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=42075&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref> In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], the county cast 38,804 votes (65,9%) for Republican [[Donald Trump]] and 17,860 votes (30,3%) for Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/pennsylvania/|title=Pennsylvania Election Results 2016: President Live Map by County, Real-Time Voting Updates|website=Election Hub|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107044131/https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/pennsylvania/|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2002 gubernatorial election, the county cast 22,659 votes (62.7%) for Republican [[D. Michael Fisher|Mike Fisher]] and 12,712 (35.2%) for Democrat [[Ed Rendell]], who won the race. In the 2002 race for the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican [[George Gekas]] received 21,733 votes (60.9%) from the county while Democrat [[Tim Holden]] received 13,945 (39.1%); Holden won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID%3D12%26ElectionID%3D7 |title=Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information |access-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515030551/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=7 |archive-date=May 15, 2008 }}</ref>