Eric Papenfuse on election night

Eric Papenfuse fixes his tie and waits in his campaign headquarters on North 3rd St. for election results to come in for mayor of Harrisburg primary.

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Harrisburg businessman Eric Papenfuse has won the Democratic primary for mayor in Harrisburg and will face Nevin Mindlin for the post in November.

Incumbent Mayor Linda Thompson, bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse, accountant and current City Controller Dan Miller and community activist Lewis Butts spent weeks courting city voters in a fiercely competitive primary campaign.

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Mindlin is running as an Independent in the fall. For the primary, there was no Republican running.

Thompson, who topped decadeslong Mayor Stephen R. Reed in the 2009 Democratic primary, beat Mindlin in November that year. She served on Harrisburg City Council before becoming mayor.

Miller is the city controller and a former council member.

Papenfuse owns the Midtown Scholar book store.

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