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Your Philly Guide to Voter Guides in November 2024

Posted on October 16, 2024   |   Updated on September 30, 2025
Asha Prihar

Asha Prihar

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Election Day is Nov. 5! (Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images)

The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump may be taking up lots of oxygen right now, but down-ballot races are crucially important, too. Here are some resources to help you study up on the other candidates on your ballot.

If you’d like to learn more about what these offices are, check out our quick explanation here. For info on how to register to vote, check here, and to learn how mail voting works in Pennsylvania, check here.

See Your Ballot Before Election Day

To get a preview of all the races and how they’ll look on the voting machine, type your home address into Philadelphia’s Atlas tool, select “Voting,” and then click “Preview Ballot.”

Interactive Voter Guides

If you type your address into one of these tools, you’ll be able to see candidate bios and key positions up and down the ballot, all the way from the presidential candidates to your state legislative races.

Guides to Specific Races

If you’d like to dig deeper into one of the statewide races, these are some great tools.

U.S. Senate

📺 Watch the candidates debate here and here.

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Pennsylvania Showdown: Casey & McCormick Face Off for Senate Seat

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Attorney General

📺 Watch the candidates debate here and here.

Auditor General

State Treasurer

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