Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2023?
There are nearly 500 elections for prosecutor and sheriff scheduled in 2023. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections.
States that are not listed on this page have no regularly-scheduled prosecutor and sheriff races in 2023. Note: As vacancies arise, special elections may be added to this table of regularly-scheduled races.
Read our preliminary analysis of these elections, published in December 2022.
State | Prosecutor | Sheriff | Key Dates |
Florida | No regularly-scheduled elections. | Duval County | Filing deadline: Jan. 13 Primary: March 21 General: May 16 |
Louisiana | No regularly-scheduled elections. | Each parish holds an election, with the exception of Orleans Parish. | Filing deadline: Aug. 10 Primary: Oct. 14 General: Nov. 18 |
Mississippi | Each of the state’s 22 districts holds an election. | Each of the state’s 82 counties holds an election. | Filing deadline: Feb. 1 Primary: Aug. 8 Primary runoff: Aug. 29 General: Nov. 7 |
New Jersey | No election | Counties holding a sheriff election this year are: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Mercer, and Union counties | Filing deadline: March 27 Primary: June 6 General: Nov. 7 |
New York | Counties holding a DA election this year are: Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Ulster | Counties holding a sheriff election this year are: Albany, Cortland, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Orleans, Rensselaer, Rockland, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Warren, Washington, Yates | Primary filing deadline: April 10 Primary: June 27 General: Nov. 7 |
Pennsylvania | Counties holding a DA election this year are: Adams, Allegheny (Pittsburgh), Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Snyder, Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Washington, Wayne | Counties holding a sheriff election this year are: Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Crawford, Dauphin, Elk, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Indiana, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lehigh, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Potter, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Warren, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York | Filing deadline: TBD Primary: May 16 General: Nov. 7 |
Virginia | Each of the state’s 95 counties holds an election. The Virginia cities that have a prosecutor are not voting this year, but 13 of the state’s 48 cities share a prosecutor with a neighboring county and so will vote this year. They are: Covington, Emporia, Fairfax, Falls Church, Franklin, Galax, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Manassas, Manassas Park, Norton, Poquoson, Williamsburg. | Each of the state’s 95 counties holds an election. Virginia’s 48 independent cities are not voting for sheriff this year. | Filing deadline: April 6 Primary: June 20 General: Nov. 7 |
Washington | No regularly-scheduled election | Snohomish County and Whatcom County | Filing deadline: May 19 Primary: Aug. 1 General: Nov. 7 |

