Dan Miller, at a press conference in January announced his run for mayor in the primary election.
Democratic incumbent Wanda Williams may have a Republican challenger on the ticket for Harrisburg mayor in November.
According to the Dauphin County elections bureau, Dan Miller, a registered Democrat, has accepted the write-in Republican nomination, which would put him on the ballot next to Democratic nominee Williams in the general election.
Miller, the current City Treasurer, ran as a Democrat in the May municipal primary election, seeking his party’s nomination along with four other candidates. He lost to Williams by fewer than 100 votes. However, he received over 100 write-in votes by Republicans, enough to win him a spot on the opposite side of the ballot.
Reached by phone, Miller denied officially announcing his acceptance of the Republican nomination, but said that he accepted the nomination on paper to do “the minimum” to keep his options open. He had no further comment at this time.
Miller’s campaign leading up to the primary focused on his experience in city hall as treasurer, controller and councilman, and touted his desire to tackle current local government inefficiencies. He often criticized Williams for, what he said was, a lack of action.
Miller ran for mayor in 2013, similarly losing in the primary, but winning and accepting the Republican write-in bid. Ultimately, he lost to Democrat Eric Papenfuse in the general election.
According to Dauphin County, candidates nominating during the primary election have until Aug. 11 to withdraw.
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