Spending in 2021 Harrisburg mayoral primary will set city record
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
The race to occupy Harrisburg s mayor s office is breaking fundraising records, according to campaign finance reports filed with Dauphin County. (Photo by Christine Vendel, PennLive, File.)Christine Vendel, PennLive
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Dave Schankweiler, the retired founder and publisher of the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal, has shown he may have the best Rolodex in the Harrisburg mayor’s race, out-raising all candidates who have filed campaign finance reports so far.
The big wild card? Former Harrisburg city councilman Otto Banks, who has the single-biggest donor in the race, but whose campaign committee had not yet filed a report as of noon, Tuesday.
Harrisburg mayoral candidates forum scheduled for today is postponed
Updated May 05, 2021;
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The scheduled “Candidates Conversation” between the five candidates in Harrisburg’s Democratic Party mayoral primary will not air at 7 this evening as scheduled, due to technical difficulties during taping.
Event organizers are working to reschedule and will announce a new date as soon as it is confirmed.
Today’s forum was being held virtually and taped for streaming on the two news outlets’ various digital platforms.
One of the area’s most spirited races, the primary presents voters with a choice between incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse, who is seeking a third term; current City Council President Wanda Williams; former councilman and Bush Administration official Otto Banks; retired publisher Dave Schankweiler; and Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center general manager Kevyn Knox.
What do you want to ask Harrisburg’s mayoral candidates?
Updated 2:46 PM;
Today 12:45 PM
The Pennsylvania State Capitol and and some of the tallest buildings in Harrisburg define the Harrisburg skyline.
Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com
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Attention Harrisburg residents.
Do you have a question you’d like to ask the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor? Here’s your chance.
PennLive and CBS 21 News are collaborating on “Candidates Conversation” with the five candidates that will be taped Wednesday afternoon and streamed on both outlets’ digital platforms at 7 p.m. that evening. It will be available to be viewed through Election Day, May 18.
Should Harrisburg provide guaranteed income to some residents? The mayor wants to give it a shot
Updated 6:19 AM;
Today 5:30 AM
On the campaign trail, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse is calling for using federal funds to build a guaranteed income program for the city s poorest residents.
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Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, with the help of a mighty $48.8 million breeze blowing in from Washington, D.C., is calling for the establishment of a guaranteed income program in Harrisburg to help the city’s poorest residents and attack generational poverty.
Papenfuse says the plan, which is little more than a campaign pledge in the midst of a hotly contested primary at the moment, but one he expects to develop into a proposal for City Council’s consideration later this spring, would send monthly payments for up to two years to residents living below yet-to-be-determined income-eligibility thresholds.
First question in Harrisburg mayor’s race: How’s Eric Papenfuse doing?
Updated 6:39 AM;
Today 5:30 AM
Incumbent Mayor Eric Papenfuse,, far right above, faces four Democratic primary challengers as he seeks a third term. They are, clockwise from top left, Otto Banks, Kevyn Knox, Dave Schankweiler, and Wanda Williams.
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Eric Papenfuse is selling competence and steady progress to voters as he seeks a third term as Harrisburg’s mayor.
“By nearly every metric, Harrisburg is better off today than it was eight years ago, but these slow and steady advancements could easily be reversed under different leadership,” Papenfuse told PennLive by email recently, when asked about criticism from some of his Democratic primary rivals.