Philadelphia will likely (almost assuredly) elect its district attorney for the next four years on Tuesday.

Incumbent Larry Krasner, a former defense attorney who won in 2017 on a reform agenda, faces former prosecutor Carlos Vega in the Democratic primary. Attorney Charles Peruto Jr. is running unopposed in the GOP primary. The winner of each primary will contest the general election on Nov. 2. Pennsylvania has closed primaries, so you will only be able to vote for candidates from the party for which you are registered. Philadelphia has not elected a Republican district attorney since 1986 (Ron Castille).

Krasner, who won the 2017 election over Republican Beth Grossman by nearly 50 percentage points, has been endorsed by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Tribune, the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, at least a third of city ward leaders and a host of local and national progressive political groups and unions. Vega has picked up endorsements from several local unions, including the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, which in the past has been the most coveted endorsement of them all.

That’s where the lines have been drawn in this primary – The FOP’s “tough on crime” approach versus Krasner’s progressive reform agenda. The primary comes during an upswing in violent crime in the city, including a 40 percent increase in homicides in 2020 compared to 2019.

Mail-in voting has closed. Find your polling place here. Check your registration status here.

Other offices on the primary ballot include eight seats on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and three seats on the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Several judges on each court are also up for retention. The Philadelphia Inquirer provides a good breakdown of the ins and out of judicial elections and retention here.

See a rundown of candidates in city races here.

The statewide judicial offices on the ballot include single seats on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

Four statewide ballot measures and one from the city are also on the ballot. You can get a look at the ballot you will see (depending on your party) by typing your address in here.