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.

Read our initial analysis of these elections, in December 2022. Also read our state primers of prosecutor races taking place Kentucky, New York, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

State	Prosecutor	Sheriff	Key Dates
Florida	No regularly-scheduled elections.	Duval County	Filing deadline: Jan. 13 Primary: March 21 General: May 16
Kentucky	There are special elections in seven circuits: the 3rd (Christian county), 8th (Edmonson and Warren counties), 21st (Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan counties), 22nd (Fayette County), 30th, (Jefferson County), 51st (Henderson County) and 53rd (Anderson, Shelby, Spencer counties.	No regularly-scheduled elections	Primary: May 18 General: Nov. 7
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 38 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 38 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