2011 Philadelphia municipal election

2011 Philadelphia elections

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A general election was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 8, 2011, to elect various county and city-level positions. The primary election was held May 17, 2011. ^[1]

Mayor

Main article: 2011 Philadelphia mayoral election

Results

2011 Philadelphia mayoral election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Nutter (incumbent)	136,532	74.64
	Republican	Karen Brown	39,597	21.65
	Independent	Wali Rahman	6,580	3.60
	Write-in		212	0.12
Total votes			182,921	100.00
	Democratic hold

City Council

Main article: 2011 Philadelphia City Council election

City Commissioners

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results (vote for up to 2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Singer	37,822	19.63
	Democratic	Anthony Clark (incumbent)	32,098	16.66
	Democratic	Margaret Tartaglione (incumbent)	31,219	16.21
	Democratic	Ivy Staten	26,240	13.62
	Democratic	Michael Edward Bell	26,076	13.54
	Democratic	Warren Bloom	19,918	10.34
	Democratic	Blair Talmadge	19,235	9.98
	Write-in		42	0.02
Total votes			192,650	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results (vote for up to 2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph J. Duda (incumbent)	9,460	35.73
	Republican	Al Schmidt	9,303	35.14
	Republican	Marie Delany	7,689	29.04
	Write-in		23	0.09
Total votes			26,475	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia City Commissioners election (vote for up to 2) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Singer	121,477	38.99
	Democratic	Anthony Clark (incumbent)	112,545	36.12
	Republican	Al Schmidt	43,493	13.96
	Republican	Joseph J. Duda (incumbent)	33,990	10.91
	Write-in		42	0.01
Total votes			311,547	100.00

Register of Wills

2011 Philadelphia register of wills election

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Candidate Ronald Donatucci Linda Bateman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 123,149 36,698 Percentage 77.03% 22.95%

Ward results Precinct results Donatucci:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Bateman:     50–60%     60–70% Tie:     50%

Register of Wills before election Ronald Donatucci Democratic Elected Register of Wills Ronald Donatucci Democratic

Incumbent 32-year Ronald Donatucci ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and was reelected in a landslide, winning a 9th term.

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Ronald Donatucci, incumbent Register of Wills (1980–present)

Results

Democratic primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Donatucci (incumbent)	91,974	99.91
	Write-in		84	0.09
Total votes			92,058	100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

• Linda Bateman

Results

Republican primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Bateman	12,077	99.91
	Write-in		11	0.09
Total votes			12,088	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia Register of Wills election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Donatucci (incumbent)	123,149	77.03
	Republican	Linda Bateman	36,698	22.95
	Write-in		30	0.02
Total votes			159,877	100.00
	Democratic hold

Sheriff

2011 Philadelphia sheriff election

←  2007 November 8, 2011 2015  →

Candidate Jewell Williams Joshua West Cheri Honkala Party Democratic Republican Green Popular vote 120,720 30,185 10,711 Percentage 74.68% 18.67% 6.63%

Ward results Precinct results Williams:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% West:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Honkala:     40–50%Tie:     40–50%     50%

Sheriff before election John Green Democratic Elected Sheriff Jewell Williams Democratic

Longtime incumbent sheriff John Green, who held the office since 1988, retired. State Representative Jewell Williams won the Democratic primary and general election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Jewell Williams, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 197th district (2001–present)

Eliminated in primary

• John Kromer
• Jacque Whaumbush

Results

Results by ward

  Williams

•   40%–50%
•   50%–60%
•   60%–70%
•   70%–80%
•   80%–90%

  Kromer

•   40%–50%
•   50%–60%

Democratic primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Williams	73,430	61.55
	Democratic	John Kromer	31,785	26.64
	Democratic	Jacque Whaumbush	14,044	11.77
	Write-in		43	0.04
Total votes			119,302	100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

• Joshua West

Results

Republican primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua West	12,346	99.88
	Write-in		15	0.12
Total votes			12,361	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia Sheriff election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Williams	120,720	74.68
	Republican	Joshua West	30,185	18.67
	Green	Cheri Honkala	10,711	6.63
	Write-in		39	0.02
Total votes			161,655	100.00
	Democratic hold

Court of Common Pleas partisan election

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results (vote for up to 9) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Kennedy	58,667	7.50
	Democratic	Angelo J. Foglietta	49,067	6.27
	Democratic	Diana Anhalt	45,055	5.76
	Democratic	Maria McLaughlin [a]	43,467	5.55
	Democratic	Jonathan Q. Irvine	41,028	5.24
	Democratic	Barbara A. McDermott	36,379	4.65
	Democratic	Charles Ehrlich [a]	34,638	4.43
	Democratic	Vincent L. Johnson	34,466	4.40
	Democratic	Edward C. Wright	29,502	3.77
	Democratic	Carolyn H. Nichols	28,277	3.61
	Democratic	Robert M. Kline	25,205	3.22
	Democratic	Roger F. Gordon Jr.	23,917	3.06
	Democratic	Kenneth J. Powell Jr. [a]	23,730	3.03
	Democratic	Sayde J. Ladov [a]	23,334	2.98
	Democratic	Christopher Mallios Jr.	22,935	2.93
	Democratic	Michael Fanning	22,332	2.85
	Democratic	Stephanie M. Sawyer	21,045	2.69
	Democratic	Anne Marie Coyle [a]	20,615	2.63
	Democratic	J. Scott O'Keefe	20,611	2.63
	Democratic	Daine Grey Jr.	19,397	2.48
	Democratic	Harry J. Levant	17,306	2.21
	Democratic	Nycole Watson	14,803	1.89
	Democratic	Beverly Muldrow	13,946	1.78
	Democratic	Giovanni O. Campbell	13,061	1.67
	Democratic	Joseph J. O'Neill	11,987	1.53
	Democratic	Drew Aldinger	11,766	1.50
	Democratic	Tom Fitzpatrick	11,704	1.50
	Democratic	Vince Giusini	10,177	1.30
	Democratic	Leon A. King II	9,687	1.24
	Democratic	Jim Divergilis [a]	7,780	0.99
	Democratic	Stephen J. Negro	6,757	0.86
	Democratic	Joseph C. Waters Jr.	6,500	0.83
	Democratic	Meredith Seigle-DiClaudio	6,291	0.80
	Democratic	Ted J. Vigilante [a]	6,012	0.77
	Democratic	Kenneth Citrino	5,608	0.72
	Democratic	Lopez T. Thompson	5,235	0.67
	Democratic	Fran Shields	199	0.03
	Democratic	Martin S. Coleman	174	0.02
	Write-in		86	0.01
Total votes			782,746	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anne Marie Coyle [b]	11,009	19.03
	Republican	Jim Divergilis [b]	8,180	14.14
	Republican	Ted J. Vigilante [b]	7,568	13.08
	Republican	Fran Shields	7,446	12.87
	Republican	Maria McLaughlin [b]	6,617	11.44
	Republican	Charles Ehrlich [b]	6,042	10.44
	Republican	Kenneth J. Powell Jr. [b]	5,825	10.07
	Republican	Sayde J. Ladov [b]	5,079	8.78
	Write-in		98	0.17
Total votes			57,864	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas election (vote for up to 9) ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria McLaughlin	111,732	7.77
	Republican	Maria McLaughlin	27,284	1.90
	Total	Maria McLaughlin	139,016	9.66
	Democratic	Charles Ehrlich	109,591	7.62
	Republican	Charles Ehrlich	26,087	1.81
	Total	Charles Ehrlich	135,678	9.43
	Democratic	Barbara A. McDermott	122,833	8.54
	Democratic	Sean Kennedy	121,094	8.42
	Democratic	Angelo J. Foglietta	119,296	8.29
	Democratic	Carolyn H. Nichols	118,207	8.22
	Democratic	Diana Anhalt	115,191	8.01
	Democratic	Vincent L. Johnson	114,049	7.93
	Democratic	Thomas M. Nocella	113,190	7.87
	Democratic	Edward C. Wright	112,817	7.84
	Democratic	Jonathan Q. Irvine	111,101	7.72
	Republican	Anne Marie Coyle	35,800	2.49
	Republican	Kenneth J. Powell Jr.	29,352	2.04
	Republican	Ted J. Vigilante	25,766	1.79
	Republican	Jim Divergilis	24,824	1.73
	Write-in		167	0.01
Total votes			1,438,381	100.00

Court of Common Pleas retention elections

Results

Justice Joan A. Brown retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		67,670	77.35
Against		19,815	22.65
Total		87,485	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Denis P. Cohen retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		63,629	75.59
Against		20,542	24.41
Total		84,171	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		62,230	75.46
Against		20,239	24.54
Total		82,469	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Thomas Dempsey retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		61,492	75.26
Against		20,219	24.74
Total		81,711	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Kevin Dougherty retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		66,066	77.53
Against		19,149	22.47
Total		85,215	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Gary S. Glazer retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		60,264	73.86
Against		21,325	26.14
Total		81,589	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Elizabeth Jackson retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		61,275	75.50
Against		19,881	24.50
Total		81,156	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice James Murray Lynn retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		54,654	67.30
Against		26,554	32.70
Total		81,208	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Margaret T. Murphy retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		62,468	77.28
Against		18,361	22.72
Total		80,829	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Arnold L. New retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		56,002	73.28
Against		20,424	26.72
Total		76,426	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice George W. Overton retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		61,340	74.77
Against		20,703	25.23
Total		82,043	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Paul P. Panepinto retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		59,960	73.74
Against		21,348	26.26
Total		81,308	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		58,154	73.30
Against		21,186	26.70
Total		79,340	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Lisa M. Rau retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		60,020	74.81
Against		20,214	25.19
Total		80,234	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Gregory E. Smith retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		61,157	75.19
Against		20,176	24.81
Total		81,333	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Albert John Snite Jr. retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		56,625	72.27
Against		21,729	27.73
Total		78,354	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Earl W. Trent Jr. retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		58,149	73.87
Against		20,570	26.13
Total		78,719	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Christopher Wogan retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		58,981	74.40
Against		20,292	25.60
Total		79,273	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Philadelphia Municipal Court partisan election

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results (vote for up to 1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin L. Williams	36,980	34.52
	Democratic	Martin S. Coleman	26,701	24.92
	Democratic	Anita Smith	10,426	9.73
	Democratic	Derrick W. Coker	10,079	9.41
	Democratic	Vincent L. Johnson	8,086	7.55
	Democratic	Nycole Watson	6,433	6.00
	Democratic	Kenneth Citrino	4,506	4.21
	Democratic	Meredith Seigle-DiClaudio	3,642	3.40
	Democratic	Kenneth J. Powell Jr.	235	0.22
	Write-in		41	0.04
Total votes			107,129	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results (vote for up to 1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth J. Powell Jr.	835	95.32
	Write-in		41	4.68
Total votes			876	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia Municipal Court election (vote for up to 2) ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Eubanks	126,465	50.54
	Democratic	Marvin L. Williams	123,693	49.43
	Write-in		68	0.03
Total votes			250,226	100.00

Philadelphia Municipal Court retention elections

Results

Justice James M. DeLeon retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		59,875	69.32
Against		26,502	30.68
Total		86,377	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Thomas F. Gehret retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		59,428	74.08
Against		20,794	25.92
Total		80,222	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Nazario Jimenez Jr. retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		58,937	73.15
Against		21,630	26.85
Total		80,567	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice William A. Meehan Jr. retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		62,566	75.41
Against		20,397	24.59
Total		82,963	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Bradley K. Moss retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		59,109	74.70
Against		20,023	25.30
Total		79,132	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Harvey W. Robbins retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		60,950	74.75
Against		20,590	25.25
Total		81,540	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Karen Yvette Simmons retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		61,715	76.22
Against		19,252	23.78
Total		80,967	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice David C. Shuter retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		58,984	74.06
Against		20,663	25.94
Total		79,647	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Philadelphia Traffic Court partisan election

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results (vote for up to 1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Solomon	38,543	34.72
	Democratic	Carlene S. Clark	16,822	15.15
	Democratic	Donna Marie Laws	10,593	9.54
	Democratic	Omar Sabir	9,170	8.26
	Democratic	Marnie Aument Loughrey	5,982	5.39
	Democratic	Michael Horsey	5,525	4.98
	Democratic	Robert Tuerk	5,284	4.76
	Democratic	Richard W. Hoy	5,051	4.55
	Democratic	Frederick C. Mari Jr	4,968	4.47
	Democratic	Jose A. Figueroa	4,915	4.43
	Democratic	John Adams	2,418	2.18
	Democratic	Lewis Harris Jr. [a]	1,729	1.56
	Write-in		23	0.02
Total votes			111,023	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results (vote for up to 1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lewis Harris Jr. [b]	11,469	99.83
	Write-in		19	0.17
Total votes			11,488	100.00

General election

Results

2011 Philadelphia Traffic Court election (vote for up to 1) ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Solomon	127,183	82.06
	Republican	Lewis Harris Jr.	27,776	17.92
	Write-in		31	0.02
Total votes			154,990	100.00

Philadelphia Traffic Court retention elections

Justice Michael J. Sullivan retention, 2011

Choice		Votes	%
For		74,223	77.37
Against		21,710	22.63
Total		95,933	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Ballot questions

One ballot question appeared on the primary ballot and two questions appeared on the general ballot. All three questions passed. ^{[5] [6]}

Primary election

Proposed Charter Change 1: Create an independent city Jobs Commission

Choice		Votes	%
For		55,372	62.43
Against		33,327	37.57
Total		88,699	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [5]

General election

Proposed Charter Change 1: Create a mandatory Budget Stabilization Reserve ("rainy day fund")

Choice		Votes	%
For		79,786	71.95
Against		31,099	28.05
Total		110,885	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [6]

Authorize $111.295 million in bonds for capital projects

Choice		Votes	%
For		71,656	65.08
Against		38,450	34.92
Total		110,106	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [6]

Notes

1. Cross-filed for the Republican nomination.
2. Cross-filed for the Democratic nomination.

References

1. "Philadelphia 2011 Municipal Primary Information". Committee of Seventy. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
2. "2011 General Election". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
3. "2011 Primary Election". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
4. "Judicial Officers". Philadelphia City Commissioners. 2011. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
5. "2011 Primary Election Ballot Questions". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
6. "2011 General Election Ballot Questions". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved October 8, 2026.