2019 Philadelphia City Council election

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2019 Philadelphia City Council election
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  2015 November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06) 2022  

All 17 seats on the Philadelphia City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Cherelle Parker Brian O'Neill Kendra Brooks
(de facto)
Party Democratic Republican Working Families
Leader's seatDistrict 9District 10Ran for At-Large (won)
Last election14 seats3 seats0 seats
Seats before1430
Seats won1421
Seat change0Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,027,087268,371106,816
Percentage71.10%18.58%7.39%

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Map of the general election. District results are shown, with the at-large district also depicted.

Council President before election

Darrell L. Clarke
Democratic

Elected Council President

Darrell L. Clarke
Democratic

The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. It took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the United States.

Contents

Results

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District 1

District 1, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Squilla 27,062 82.64
Republican Daniel Orsino5,62717.18
Write-in 560.17
Total votes32,745 100.00
Democratic hold

District 2

District 2, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson 23,931 78.95
Republican Michael Bradley6,00419.81
Write-in 3781.25
Total votes30,313 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jamie Gauthier 27,214 99.78
Write-in 610.22
Total votes27,275 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Curtis J. Jones Jr. 27,041 88.63
Independent Karla Cruel2,4618.07
Libertarian Matt Batsar9843.23
Write-in 250.08
Total votes30,511 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Darrell L. Clarke 27,768 98.92
Write-in 3021.08
Total votes28,070 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

District 6, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bobby Henon 12,910 60.52
Republican Pete Smith8,40839.41
Write-in 140.07
Total votes21,332 100.00
Democratic hold

District 7

District 7, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Maria Quiñones-Sánchez 12,647 99.58
Write-in 530.42
Total votes12,700 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

District 8, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cindy Bass 27,678 80.87
Independent Greg Paulmier6,46518.89
Write-in 820.24
Total votes34,225 100.00
Democratic hold

District 9

District 9, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cherelle Parker 26,910 99.89
Write-in 290.11
Total votes26,939 100.00
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10, 2019 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian J. O'Neill 16,183 54.98
Democratic Judy Moore13,23544.97
Write-in 150.08
Total votes29,433 100.00
Republican hold

At-Large Seats

Philadelphia City Council Member At-Large, 2019 general election
Vote for 7
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Helen Gym 205,661 15.36
Democratic Isaiah Thomas 196,733 14.69
Democratic Derek S. Green 189,819 14.18
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson 189,813 14.18
Democratic Allan Domb 186,665 13.94
Working Families Kendra Brooks 60,256 4.50
Republican David Oh 53,742 4.01
Republican Al Taubenberger 47,5473.55
Working Families Nicolas O’Rourke 46,5603.48
Republican Dan Tinney46,2703.46
Republican Bill Heeney43,2493.23
Republican Matt Wolfe41,3413.09
Independent Sherrie Cohen9,1160.68
Independent Joe Cox8,8800.66
Libertarian Maj Toure 6,1790.46
Independent Steve Cherniavsky3,4800.26
Independent Clarc King2,9590.22
Write-in 7450.06
Total votes1,339,015 100.00
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Working Families gain from Republican
Republican hold

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References

  1. "The Philadelphia VoterApp Presented by the Philadelphia City Commissioners". www.philadelphiavotes.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020.