Pennsylvania state executive offices

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Ballotpedia covers 12 state executive offices in the state of Pennsylvania. The executive branch is governed by Article IV of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in Pennsylvania are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of Pennsylvania's state government:

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Offices

The following is a list of state executive offices in Pennsylvania.

Current officeholders

Note: First appointed or First elected will include a date depending on if the officeholder was appointed or elected.

Name:	Party:	Current office:	Tenure:	First Appointed	First Elected:
Andrew Place	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission	October 1, 2015 - Present	May 18, 2015
Bruce Beemer	Democratic	Attorney General of Pennsylvania	August 30, 2016 - present
Cindy Adams Dunn	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources	January 20, 2015-present	March 20, 2015
David Sweet	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission	May 4, 2016 - Present	May 4, 2016
Eugene DePasquale	Democratic	Pennsylvania Auditor General	January 15, 2013-present		November 6, 2012
Gladys Brown	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission	October 2, 2013 - Present	June 13, 2013
John F. Coleman	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission	June 2010 - Present	June 2, 2010
Kathy Manderino	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor & Industry	January 20, 2015-present	January 2015
Mike Stack	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania	January 20, 2015 - present		November 4, 2014
Pedro A. Cortés	Democratic	Pennsylvania Secretary of State	2015-present
Robert Powelson	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission	June 19, 2008 - Present	June 19, 2008
Russell Redding	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture	January 20, 2015-present
Teresa Miller	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance	January 20, 2015-present	January 2015
Timothy A. Reese	Nonpartisan	Pennsylvania Treasurer	July 1, 2015 - present	July 1, 2015
Tom Wolf	Democratic	Governor of Pennsylvania	January 20, 2015 - present		November 4, 2014

Elections

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2016

See also: Pennsylvania state executive official elections, 2016

Three state executive offices are up for election in 2016:

2015

There were no state executive elections in Pennsylvania in 2015.

2014

Two state executive offices were up for election including governor and lieutenant governor.

2013

There were no elections in Pennsylvania in 2013.

2012

Three state executive offices were up for election including attorney general, treasurer and state auditor.

Corruption analysis

The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Integrity Initiative used federal data to evaluate levels of corruption in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The following table ranks each state based on total convictions and convictions per 10,000 residents of public officials in federal corruption cases between 1976 and 2010.^[1]

Corruption statistics, 1976-2010
State	Total federal corruption convictions	Rank	Convictions per 10,000 residents	Rank
Alabama	657	14	1.37	8
Alaska	130	38	1.83	4
Arizona	329	25	0.51	39
Arkansas	201	29	0.69	31
California	2,345	2	0.63	35
Colorado	189	32	0.38	45
Connecticut	277	27	0.78	30
Delaware	80	47	0.89	20
Florida	1,762	4	0.94	19
Georgia	807	13	0.83	26
Hawaii	114	40	0.84	25
Idaho	78	48	0.50	40
Illinois	1,828	3	1.42	7
Indiana	419	23	0.65	34
Iowa	148	34	0.49	41
Kansas	152	33	0.53	37
Kentucky	577	16	1.33	10
Louisiana	906	10	2.00	2
Maine	105	41	0.79	28
Maryland	499	20	0.86	22
Massachusetts	562	17	0.86	23
Michigan	655	15	0.66	33
Minnesota	190	31	0.36	47
Mississippi	560	18	1.89	3
Missouri	507	19	0.85	24
Montana	139	36	1.37	9
Nebraska	83	45	0.45	44
Nevada	100	42	0.37	46
New Hampshire	46	49	0.35	48
New Jersey	909	9	1.03	18
New Mexico	139	37	0.68	32
New York	2,522	1	1.30	12
North Carolina	461	22	0.48	42
North Dakota	118	39	1.75	6
Ohio	1,405	7	1.22	15
Oklahoma	472	21	1.26	13
Oregon	91	43	0.24	51
Pennsylvania	1,563	5	1.23	14
Rhode Island	83	46	0.79	29
South Carolina	401	24	0.87	21
South Dakota	144	35	1.77	5
Tennessee	843	12	1.33	11
Texas	1,542	6	0.61	36
Utah	86	44	0.31	49
Vermont	30	51	0.48	43
Virginia	896	11	1.12	17
Washington	200	30	0.30	50
Washington, D.C.	1,005	8	16.70	1
West Virginia	208	28	1.12	16
Wisconsin	295	26	0.52	38
Wyoming	45	50	0.80	27

External links

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Curated by the Ballotpedia State Desk:
Jackie Beran • Ryan Byrne • Joshua Donovan • Jessica Dravecky • Scott Duryea • Rebecca Hellmich • Cindy Kehler • Wes Taliani • Samantha Waldroup
Editor: Jason Swadley • Project Director: Josh Altic • Project Director: Tyler King
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↑ University of Illinois at Chicago, "Chicago and Illinois, Leading the Pack in Corruption," February 15, 2012

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