Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2025?

There are more than 150 elections for prosecutor and sheriff scheduled in 2025. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections.

You can also read our preview of these races here.

States that are not listed on this page have no regularly-scheduled prosecutor and sheriff races in 2025. Please note that this list covers regularly-scheduled elections. As vacancies arise, special elections may be added to this table.

If your county is not on the list of 2025 elections, find out when it is scheduled to have its prosecutor or sheriff race on our full schedule.

State ProsecutorSheriff
Louisiana No regularly-scheduled elections.Orleans Parish
New Jersey No electionCounties holding a regularly-scheduled sheriff election this year are: Burlington, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, Sussex, Warren
New York Counties holding a regularly-scheduled DA election this year are: Cattaraugus, Clinton, Essex, Genesee, Kings [Brooklyn], Nassau, New York [Manhattan], Ontario, Orange, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Suffolk, Tioga, Warren, Washington, YatesCounties holding a regularly-scheduled sheriff election this year are: Chenango, Columbia, Erie, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Putnam, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Suffolk, Sullivan, Wayne
Pennsylvania Counties holding a regularly-scheduled DA election this year are: Armstrong, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Philadelphia, Potter, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Venango, Warren, Westmoreland, Wyoming, YorkCounties holding a regularly-scheduled sheriff election this year are: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Erie, Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Perry, Pike, Schuykill, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Washington
Virginia 25 of Virginia’s independent cities elect a prosecutor this year (the other 13 cities share a prosecutor with a neighboring county, and will elect a prosecutor in 2027): Alexandria, Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Danville, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Hopewell, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Radford, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Winchester
28 of Virginia’s 38 independent cities are electing their sheriff this year (the other 10 cities share a sheriff with a neighboring county, and will elect the sheriff in 2027): Alexandria, Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Danville, Emporia, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Hopewell, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Radford, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Winchester