Eric Papenfuse
| Eric Robert Papenfuse | |
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| Mayor of Harrisburg | |
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Assumed office January 6, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Linda D. Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1971 (age 44–45) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Lawrence |
| Residence | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Website | http://papenfuseformayor.com/ |
Eric Robert Papenfuse (born c. 1971) is the current mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He won a contested Democratic primary election in May 2013 by beating incumbent mayor Linda Thompson as well as Dan Miller and Lewis Butts.[1] Miller switched parties and ran against Papenfuse in the general election as the Republican candidate.[2] Papenfuse defeated him and several write-in candidates to win the mayor's seat on November 5, 2013. There were an unusual amount of write-in votes for mayor, accounting for about 17% of the final vote.[3] Papenfuse assumed office on January 6, 2014.[4]
Prior to becoming mayor, Papenfuse managed The Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, PA, which he and his wife still co-own.[5] Papenfuse is also a graduate of Yale University.
See also
References
- ↑ Pickel, Janet, May 21, 2013, "Harrisburg Mayor's Race: Eric Pappenfuse Wins the Democratic Primary Election", PennLive.
- ↑ Foster, Brittany, November 5, 2013, "Papenfuse Wins Harrisburg Mayoral", PoliticsPa.com.
- ↑ Snyder, Myles, November 6, 2013, "Papenfuse Wins Race for Harrisburg Mayor", ABC27.com.
- ↑ "Papenfuse will pass on inaugural balls, focus on service". www.pennlive.com. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ↑ Micek, John L. "What's Mayor Papenfuse's fave new answer? 'I'm not going to answer that'". Penn Live. PA Media Group. Retrieved 22 September 2016.