2009 Harrisburg mayoral election

None January 2025 September 2023 2009 Harrisburg mayoral election Pennsylvania Flag of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.svg presidential Popular no 2005 Harrisburg mayoral election 2005 2009 11 03 2013 Harrisburg mayoral election 2013 Linda D. Thompson Democratic Party (United States) 4,883 53.87% Nevin J. Mindlin Republican Party (United States) 4,032 44.48% Mayor Stephen R. Reed Democratic Party (United States) Mayor Linda D. Thompson Democratic Party (United States) The 2009 mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 2009, and resulted in incumbent Democratic mayor Stephen R. Reed, who had been mayor since 1982, losing in the primary to Linda D. Thompson who went on to defeat Republican Nevin J. Mindlin to become the city's first female and first black mayor.Elections https://www.dauphinc.org/electionarchive/Precinct?key=05 www.dauphinc.org Dauphin county, Pennsylvania 6 January 2023Elections https://www.dauphinc.org/electionarchive/Precinct?key=04 www.dauphinc.org Dauphin county, Pennsylvania 6 January 2023 Background Reed, dubbed "Mayor-for-Life," served seven terms as mayor of Harrisburg and was considered "Pennsylvania's most popular and successful mayor"; The PA Report "Power 75" List Pennsylvania Report Capital Growth, Inc. January 31, 2003 http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20060920200116/http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf 2006-09-20 dead http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/07/former_mayor_reed_hit_with_doz.html Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed charged with bribery, theft and dozens more criminal charges Pennlive.com July 14, 2015 Charles Thompson August 12, 2015 however, he faced mounting corruption and fraud accusations near the end of his term. Campaign The growing discontent and mounting legal issues around Reed, coupled with an overall nationwide growth in Black voters, resulted in city councilor Linda Thompson to upset him in the primary. Harrisburg has a massive disparity in Republican and Democratic voters, highlighted by Republican candidate Nevin Mindlin winning the primary while having less votes than total Write-ins. Due to this many local pundits believed that the Republicans had no chance to win the election, however, Thompson would base her campaign on attacking Reed and white Democrats as a whole for being the reason the city has stumbled financially in recent years.Vecsey Laura Sizing up the odds in the Harrisburg mayoral race for Mindlin, Thompson https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2009/10/sizing_up_the_odds_for_mindlin.html www.pennlive.com 6 January 2023 This resulted in a lackluster Democratic showing for Thompson and even pushed many Democrats to vote for her Republican challenger. Thompson won the election, that had a 24.7% turnout, by only 842 individual votes with the party line being largely split down the city's ethnic line.SMITH SHARON Data show voters were cool to hot Harrisburg mayoral race https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2009/11/data_show_voters_were_cool_to.html www.pennlive.com 6 January 2023 Results Mayor of Harrisburg, Democratic primary, 2009 Democratic Party (United States) Linda D. Thompson 3,560 54.81% Democratic Party (United States) Stephen R. Reed (incumbent) 2,514 38.71% Democratic Party (United States) Les Ford 405 6.24% Democratic Party (United States) Write-ins 16 0.25% 6,495 100.00% Mayor of Harrisburg, Republican primary, 2009 Republican Party (United States) Nevin J. Mindlin 423 49.30% Republican Party (United States) Write-ins 435 50.70% 858 100.00% Mayor of Harrisburg, 2009 general election Democratic Party (United States) Linda D. Thompson 4,883 53.87% Republican Party (United States) Nevin J. Mindlin 4,032 44.48% N/A Write-ins 150 1.65% 9,065 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) See also 2009 United States elections List of mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania References Harrisburg 2009 Harrisburg