2023 Philadelphia City Council election

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2023 Philadelphia City Council election
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17 Seats on the Philadelphia City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Curtis J. Jones Jr. Kendra Brooks Brian O'Neill
Party Democratic Working Families Republican
Leader's seatDistrict 4At-LargeDistrict 10
Last election1512
Seats before1412
Seats won1421
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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

Kenyatta Johnson
Democratic

The 2023 Philadelphia City Council elections was held November 7, 2023 for elections of all seats in the Philadelphia City Council. The Democratic Party maintained its super-majority on the council. The election took place on the same day as the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the Commonwealth.

Contents

Background

In 2019, Philadelphians re-elected Jim Kenney to a second term as mayor and four new councilmembers joined the city council. Katherine Gilmore Richardson and Isaiah Thomas were elected to at-large seats. Jamie Gauthier beat incumbent Jannie Blackwell in the District 3 primary and Kendra Brooks made history as the first third-party city councilmember in Philadelphia as a Working Families Party candidate.

In preparation for the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election, four City Councilmembers resigned (Green, Domb, Parker, and Quiñones-Sánchez) to run or prepare to run for mayor. While three were still considering running (Gym, Oh, and Bass). Council President Darrell Clarke announced a special election to replace the members.

6th District Councilmember Bobby Henon resigned after being convicted of corruption charges and was replaced with Michael Driscoll. 2nd District Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson was facing bribery charges in the months leading up to the election, but was acquitted on November 2, five days before Election Day. [1]

1st District

Incumbent Mark Squilla ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Withdrew

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Squilla (incumbent) 22,922 98.4
Write-in 3721.6
Total votes23,294 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 42100.0
Total votes42 100.0

General election

Results

District 1, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Squilla (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes29,685 100.00
Democratic hold

2nd District

Incumbent Kenyatta Johnson ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Aaron Humphrey, campaign manager [6] [7]
  • Boogie Rose, community activist and former teacher [8] [7]

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson (incumbent) 18,884 95.2
Write-in 9524.8
Total votes19,836 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 34100.0
Total votes34 100.0

General election

Results

District 2, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes26,947 100.00
Democratic hold

3rd District

Incumbent Jamie Gauthier ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Mustafa Majeed, community activist [10] [7]

Withdrew

  • Jabari Jones, trade association president [11] [12] (running as an Independent) [13]

Declined

Endorsements

Jamie Gauthier
Organizations
Political parties

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jamie Gauthier (incumbent) 16,402 99.4
Write-in 970.6
Total votes16,499 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 16100.0
Total votes16 100.0

Third party and independent candidates

Disqualified

General election

Results

District 3, 2023 general election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jamie Gauthier (incumbent) 22,431 86.62
Independent Jabari Jones3,40313.14
Write-in 610.24
Total votes25,895 100.0

4th District

Incumbent Curtis J. Jones Jr. ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Darrel Smith Jr., child welfare worker [6] [7]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Curtis J. Jones Jr. (incumbent) 20,427 98.4
Write-in 3311.6
Total votes20,758 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 26100.0
Total votes26 100.0

General election

Results

District 4, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Curtis J. Jones Jr. (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes26,493 100.00
Democratic hold

5th District

Incumbent Darrell L. Clarke is retiring. Clarke announced his retirement less than two weeks before the deadline to submit ballot petitions, in what media interpreted as an attempt to prevent state senator Sharif Street's preferred candidate from making the ballot. However, both Clarke's and Street's preferred successors failed to make the ballot, as did every other candidate except for one. [19]

Democratic primary

Nominee

Did not qualify

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Curtis Wilkerson (disqualified)
Local officials

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeffery Young Jr. 14,789 93.5
Write-in 1,0326.5
Total votes15,821 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 30100.0
Total votes30 100.0

General election

Results

District 5, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeffery Young Jr. Unopposed
Total votes24,656 100.00
Democratic hold

6th District

Incumbent Michael Driscoll ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Driscoll (incumbent) 8,807 99.6
Write-in 390.4
Total votes8,846 100.0

Republican primary

Did not qualify

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 38100.0
Total votes38 100.0

General election

Results

District 6, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Driscoll (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes13,559 100.00
Democratic hold

7th District

The 7th district seat was filled by Quetcy Lozada in the 2022 special election. Lozada ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Andrés Celin, community organizer [29]

Endorsements

Andrés Celin
Organizations
Quetcy Lozada
Newspapers

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Quetcy Lozada (incumbent) 5,235 59.5
Democratic Andrés Celin3,54840.3
Write-in 140.2
Total votes8,797 100.0

Republican primary

Did not qualify

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 29100.0
Total votes29 100.0

General election

Results

District 7, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Quetcy Lozada (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes11,243 100.00

8th District

Incumbent Cindy Bass ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Seth Anderson-Oberman, community organizer [14]

Declined

  • Erika Almirón, candidate for an at-large seat in 2019 [14] (running for an at-large seat) [31]

Endorsements

Seth Anderson-Oberman
State legislators
Newspapers
Organizations
Political parties

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cindy Bass (incumbent) 13,497 50.7
Democratic Seth Anderson-Oberman13,07449.2
Write-in 370.1
Total votes26,608 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 25100.0
Total votes25 100.0

General election

Results

District 8, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cindy Bass (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes28,637 100.00

9th District

The 9th district seat was filled by Anthony Phillips in the 2022 special election. Phillips ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Anthony Phillips, incumbent councilor [28] [18]

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Anthony Phillips
Newspapers

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Phillips (incumbent) 11,922 63.1
Democratic Yvette Young5,01326.5
Democratic James Williams1,93210.2
Write-in 220.1
Total votes18,889 100.0

Republican primary

Withdrawn

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 30100.0
Total votes30 100.0

General election

Results

District 9, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Phillips (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes24,780 100.00
Democratic hold

10th District

Incumbent Brian J. O'Neill ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Nominee

Did not qualify

  • Roman Zhukhov, real estate professional and neighborhood watch group president [26] [18]

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 4,734 99.7
Write-in 130.3
Total votes4,747 100.0

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary Masino 8,962 99.3
Write-in 660.7
Total votes9,028 100.0

General election

Results

District 10, 2023 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 17,386 60.62
Democratic Gary Masino11,24439.21
Write-in 480.17
Total votes28,678 100.00
Republican hold

At-Large Seats

Philadelphia City Council has seven at-large seats, two of which must be represented by a minority party. Two at-large seats were temporarily vacant due to the resignations of Derek S. Green and Allan Domb to consider mayoral runs. They were filled in the special election on November 8, 2022. There will be three open seats in the 2023 election due to the resignations of Helen Gym and David Oh, and the retirement of Sharon Vaughn.

Each party may nominate five candidates for the general election. Voters can select up to five candidates in both the primary and general.

Democratic primary

Advanced to general election

Eliminated in primary

  • Erika Almirón, community organizer and candidate for an at-large seat in 2019 [14] [31]
  • Jalon Alexander, attorney [31]
  • Sherrie Cohen, former tenants rights attorney and independent candidate for an at-large seat in 2019 [35] [31]
  • Luz Colón, former commissioner of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs (2015–2023) [31]
  • Wayne Dorsey [18]
  • Abu Edwards, political action chair of the NAACP Philadelphia chapter [31]
  • Christopher Gladstone Booth, public school teacher [31]
  • Ogbonna Hagins, activist [31]
  • Job Itzkowitz, director of Old City District [31]
  • John Kelly III, biomedical company CFO and son of Jack Kelly Jr. [31]
  • Amanda McIllmurray, cofounder of Reclaim Philadelphia [3] [31]
  • Matthew Modzelewski, customer service professional [31]
  • Daniel Orsino, housing counselor and Republican nominee for the 1st district in 2019 [31] [36]
  • Michelle Prettyman, educator and small business owner [22] [31]
  • Charles Reyes, former Philadelphia Department of Education official [37]
  • Melissa Robbins, activist and Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at the Urban League of Philadelphia [18]
  • Eryn Santamoor, former chief of staff to then-councilor Allan Domb [38] [31]
  • Curtis Segers, assistant elementary school principal [31]
  • Derwood Selby [18]
  • George Stevenson [18]
  • Donovan West, business owner and former CEO of the Pennsylvania African American Chamber of Commerce [31]
  • Deshawnda Williams [18]

Did not qualify

  • Terrill Haigler, community organizer and former sanitation worker [39] [18]
  • Ronald Martin, security guard and small business owner [31] [18]
  • Billy McCann [32] [18]
  • Will Mega, activist and contestant on Season 1 of Big Brother USA [32] [18]
  • Matthew Modzelewski, customer service professional [31] [18]
  • Clayton Price [18]
  • Max Tuttleman, philanthropist [31]

Withdrawn

  • Michael Galvan, nonprofit executive and former Philadelphia Director of Education Policy [40]

Declined

Endorsements

Nina Ahmed
U.S. representatives
Newspapers
Erika Almirón
Organizations
  • Reclaim Philadelphia (co-endorsement with Gilmore Richardson, Landau, McIllmurray, and Thomas) [15]
  • Make the Road Action in PA(co-endorsement with Thomas, Robbins, and Landau) [43]
Political parties
Job Itzkowitz
Newspapers
Katherine Gilmore Richardson
Newspapers
Organizations
Political parties
Jim Harrity
Political parties
Organizations
  • PASNAP (co-endorsement with Thomas, Robbins, Gilmore Richardson, and Edwards) [46]
Rue Landau
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
  • Reclaim Philadelphia (co-endorsement with Almirón, Gilmore Richardson, McIllmurray, and Thomas) [15]
  • Make the Road Action in PA(co-endorsement with Thomas, Robbins, and Almiron) [48]
Political parties
Amanda McIllmurray
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Political parties
Eryn Santamoor
Statewide officials
Local officials
Newspapers
Isaiah Thomas
Newspapers
Organizations
  • Reclaim Philadelphia (co-endorsement with Almirón, Gilmore Richardson, Landau, and McIllmurray) [15]
  • PASNAP (co-endorsement with Robbins, Gilmore Richardson, Harrity, and Edwards) [51]
  • Make the Road Action in PA(co-endorsement with Robbins, Almiron, and Landau) [52]
Political parties
Melissa Robbins
Organizations
  • PASNAP (co-endorsement with Thomas, Gilmore Richardson, Harrity, and Edwards) [53]
  • Make the Road Action in PA(co-endorsement with Thomas, Almiron, and Landau) [54]

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Isaiah Thomas (incumbent) 108,330 12.9
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson (incumbent) 93,416 11.1
Democratic Rue Landau 75,798 9.0
Democratic Nina Ahmad 66,689 7.9
Democratic Jim Harrity (incumbent) 52,323 6.2
Democratic Eryn Santamoor47,4105.6
Democratic Amanda McIllmurray46,3795.5
Democratic Erika Almirón43,0295.1
Democratic Sherrie Cohen32,4303.9
Democratic Job Itzkowitz27,6483.3
Democratic Melissa Robbins24,5232.9
Democratic Deshawnda Williams22,5062.7
Democratic Luz Colón21,9172.6
Democratic Donovan West21,8302.6
Democratic John Kelly III21,1532.5
Democratic Jalon Alexander16,6282.0
Democratic Qiana Shedrick16,4222.0
Democratic Abu Edwards15,1051.8
Democratic Michelle Prettyman14,7201.8
Democratic NaDerah Griffin12,3541.5
Democratic Derwood Selby11,9521.4
Democratic Charles Reyes11,3011.3
Democratic Wayne Dorsey10,3781.2
Democratic Ogbonna Hagins7,4030.9
Democratic Christopher Gladstone Booth7,1950.9
Democratic George Stevenson7,0230.8
Democratic Curtis Segers6,0640.7
Write-in 9570.1
Total votes842,883 100.0

Republican primary

Advanced to general election

Withdrew after primary

  • Frank Cristinzio [26]
  • Gary Grisafi, music teacher [26]
  • Mary Jane Kelly [26]

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Sam Oropeza
Local officials
Organizations

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Murray 10,584 18.7
Republican Frank Cristinzio 10,518 18.6
Republican Gary Grisafi 9,369 16.6
Republican Jim Hasher 9,333 16.5
Republican Mary Jane Kelly 8,751 15.5
Republican Sam Oropeza 7,52713.3
Write-in 4080.7
Total votes56,490 100.0

Working Families Party

Advanced to general election

Endorsements

Kendra Brooks
U.S. senators
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Political parties
Nicolas O’Rourke
U.S. senators
Local officials
Organizations
Political parties

General election

Results

Philadelphia City Council Member At-Large, 2023 general election [63]
Vote for 5
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Isaiah Thomas (incumbent) 190,249 16.72%
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson (incumbent) 183,144 16.09%
Democratic Nina Ahmad 177,654 15.61%
Democratic Rue Landau 170,004 14.94%
Democratic Jim Harrity (incumbent) 148,484 13.05%
Working Families Kendra Brooks (incumbent) 80,807 7.10%
Working Families Nicolas O’Rourke 67,779 5.96%
Republican Jim Hasher59,2435.21%
Republican Drew Murray59,1255.20%
Write-in 1,5900.14%
Total votes1,138,079 [lower-alpha 1] 100.00%
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Working Families hold
Working Families gain from Republican

Notes

  1. ↑ This number represents the total votes cast in the race, not the total number of people who voted. Because each voter could choose up to five candidates, the number of people who voted in this election is likely far lower. For example, in the concurrent mayoral race, only 305,987 votes were cast.

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  50. ↑ "Today, our membership voted overwhelmingly to endorse Amanda McIllmurray for City Council At-Large!".
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