How to Find Your Elected Officials

Finding your elected officials in Philadelphia requires looking at several overlapping maps. Where you live determines your City Council district, your state House and Senate districts, your U.S. House district, and your ward and voting division. Others, such as the Mayor and District Attorney, represent the whole city. This guide shows how to look each one up as of October 2026. Office-holders change at elections, so confirm names on official sites.^[1]

1 Step 1: Get your address and voter record

Use the Pennsylvania Department of State's voter services site (vote.pa.gov) to confirm your registration, polling place, and districts; see Voter Registration and Mail Voting. The City Commissioners maintain Philadelphia's voter rolls and divisions, and Philadelphia's open data and mapping tools (see Open Data and Transparency Tools) can show district boundaries for an address. Council district lines were redrawn after the 2020 Census; see Council Districts and Wards.

2 Step 2: City officials

• Mayor: Cherelle Parker took office in January 2024; see Mayor of Philadelphia.
• District Councilmember: one of ten, elected by district, handles constituent services and land-use influence (Councilmanic Prerogative).
• Councilmembers at large: seven, elected city-wide; any of the seventeen may be contacted. Council is led by its President, Kenyatta Johnson as of 2026. See Philadelphia City Council.
• City Controller: the city's elected auditor; see City Controller.

3 Step 3: Row officers and judges

Philadelphia is a city and county, so county-type offices are elected as well. They are described in Philadelphia Row Offices: the District Attorney, Sheriff, City Commissioners and Register of Wills. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Municipal Court, and statewide appellate courts appear on ballots too; see Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court. Because several of these offices were on the 2025 ballot and terms differ, check each official site for the current holder.

4 Step 4: State and federal

State representatives and senators are found by address at legis.state.pa.us and palegis.us, which list district offices. Members of the U.S. House serving Philadelphia are found at house.gov through a ZIP code lookup; the two U.S. Senators represent all of Pennsylvania (senate.gov). The city's overall delegation is covered in Philadelphia Congressional and State Delegation. State and federal levels matter to city residents: see Pennsylvania State Government and Philadelphia and Federal Government and Philadelphia.

5 Step 5: Party officials

Each voting division elects Democratic or Republican committee people, who sit on ward committees; ward leaders are chosen by committee people. These are party positions rather than government offices but are influential in endorsements and Election Day operations. See Ward Leaders and Committeepersons, Democratic City Committee and Republican City Committee. Your division's committee people are listed with the City Commissioners.

6 Contacting them effectively

• Use the district office for service problems and the Harrisburg or Washington office for legislation.
• Be brief, include your address (offices serve constituents), and state one clear request.
• Attend town halls and Council meetings: How to Testify at City Council.
• For ordinary service problems start with How to Get Help From the City.
• To run yourself, see Running for Office in Philadelphia.
• For campaign money behind the officials, see Campaign Finance in Philadelphia.

See also: Elections in Philadelphia, Political Parties in Philadelphia, Mayors of Philadelphia Timeline

References

1. Pennsylvania Department of State, voter services, vote.pa.gov (accessed October 2026).
2. Philadelphia City Council, member directory, phlcouncil.com (accessed October 2026).
3. Pennsylvania General Assembly, "Find your legislator," legis.state.pa.us (accessed October 2026).