2025 Philadelphia municipal election

2025 Philadelphia elections

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A general election will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2025, to elect various county and city-level positions. The primary election was held on May 20, 2025. ^[1]

District Attorney

Main article: 2025 Philadelphia District Attorney election

Results

2025 Philadelphia District Attorney election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Krasner (incumbent)	276,126	76.10
	Republican	Patrick Dugan	86,305	23.78
	Write-in		432	0.12
Total votes			362,836	100.00

City Controller

2025 Philadelphia city controller election

←  2023 November 4, 2025 2029 →

Candidate Christy Brady Ari Patrinos Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 294,433 46,681 Percentage 86.3% 13.7%

City Controller before election Christy Brady Democratic Elected City Controller Christy Brady Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Christy Brady, incumbent city controller ^[3]

Results

Democratic primary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christy Brady (incumbent)	120,801	99.61
	Write-in		469	0.39
Total votes			121,270	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ari Patrinos, stockbroker ^[5]

Results

Republican primary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ari Patrinos	7,835	97.02
	Write-in		241	2.98
Total votes			8,076	100.00

General election

Results

2025 Philadelphia City Controller election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christy Brady (incumbent)	294,433	86.25
	Republican	Ari Patrinos	46,681	13.67
	Write-in		258	0.08
Total votes			341,372	100.00

Court of Common Pleas partisan election

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominees

• Will Braveman, attorney ^[6]
• Irina Ehrlich, prosecutor and defense attorney ^[5]
• Larry Farnese, former state senator from the 1st district ^[5]
• Kia Ghee, former Philadelphia executive director of the Commission of Human Relations ^[7]
• Sarah Jones, attorney ^[8]
• Leon King II, former Philadelphia Department of Prisons commissioner ^{[9] [10]}
• Brian Kisielewski, attorney ^[11]
• Anthony Stefanski, attorney ^[5]
• Deborah Watson-Stokes, senior advisor at the District Attorney's office ^[12]

Eliminated in primary

• Taniesha Henry, attorney ^[5]

Disqualified

• Mike Huff, criminal defense attorney (residency challenge) ^[13]

Results

Democratic primary (vote for up to 9) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Braveman	103,441	11.24
	Democratic	Sarah Jones	103,042	11.19
	Democratic	Deborah Watson-Stokes	100,952	10.97
	Democratic	Kia Ghee	98,632	10.71
	Democratic	Irina Ehrlich	98,458	10.70
	Democratic	Larry Farnese	98,327	10.68
	Democratic	Leon King II	92,483	10.05
	Democratic	Brian Kisielewski	87,162	9.47
	Democratic	Anthony Stefanski	75,539	8.21
	Democratic	Taniesha Henry	61,041	6.63
	Write-in		1,484	0.16
Total votes			920,561	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary (vote for up to 9) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in		2,140	100.00
Total votes			2,140	100.00

General election

Results

2025 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas election (vote for up to 11) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Jones	280,160	10.35
	Democratic	Kia Ghee	274,323	10.13
	Democratic	Will Braveman	274,195	10.13
	Democratic	Larry Farnese	273,978	10.12
	Democratic	Deborah Watson-Stokes	272,216	10.05
	Democratic	Irinia Ehrlich	269,154	9.94
	Democratic	Jennifer Santiago	221,310	8.17
	Democratic	Brian Kisielewski	219,493	8.11
	Democratic	Leon King II	215,637	7.96
	Democratic	Anthony Stefanski	212,663	7.85
	Democratic	Joseph Russo	190,318	7.03
	Write-in		4,023	0.15
Total votes			2,707,470	100.00

Court of Common Pleas retention elections

Results

Justice Gwendolyn N Bright retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	267,204	86.89
No	40,316	13.11
Total votes	307,520	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Ann M Butchart retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	258,857	86.16
No	41,573	13.84
Total votes	300,430	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Scott DiClaudio retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	182,493	64.37
No	101,016	35.63
Total votes	283,509	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Michael Fanning retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	256,089	85.82
No	42,306	14.18
Total votes	298,395	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Daine A Gray Jr retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	201,874	68.86
No	91,271	31.14
Total votes	293,145	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Christopher P Mallios retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	244,439	84.80
No	43,824	15.20
Total votes	288,263	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Walter J Olszewski retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	241,344	84.14
No	45,480	15.86
Total votes	286,824	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Frank Palumbo retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	201,905	70.03
No	86,418	29.97
Total votes	288,323	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Rainy Papademetriou retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	241,678	84.20
No	45,366	15.80
Total votes	287,044	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Tracy Roman retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	249,704	85.45
No	42,506	14.55
Total votes	292,210	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Stephanie M Sawyer retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	253,924	86.59
No	39,336	13.41
Total votes	293,260	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Susan I Schulman retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	244,394	84.64
No	44,368	15.36
Total votes	288,762	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Lyris F Younge retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	188,769	66.79
No	93,846	33.21
Total votes	282,615	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Philadelphia Municipal Court partisan election

Three positions on the Philadelphia Municipal Court are up for partisan election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominees

• Sherrie Cohen, tenant rights attorney ^[15]
• Amanda Davidson, trial attorney ^[16]
• Cortez Patton, chief council to state senator Anthony Williams ^[17]

Eliminated in primary

• Shawn Page, attorney ^[18]
• Qawi Abdul-Rahman, trial attorney ^[19]

Results

Democratic primary (vote for up to 3) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Davidson	101,702	31.96
	Democratic	Sherrie Cohen	69,136	21.72
	Democratic	Cortez Patton	63,745	20.03
	Democratic	Shawn Page	49,571	15.58
	Democratic	Qawi Abdul-Rahman	33,434	10.51
	Write-in		662	0.21
Total votes			318,250	100.00

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary (vote for up to 3) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in		827	100.00
Total votes			827	100.00

General election

Results

2025 Philadelphia Municipal Court election (vote for up to 4) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Davidson	289,678	29.71
	Democratic	Sherrie Cohen	261,204	26.79
	Democratic	Michael Parkinson	216,292	22.18
	Democratic	Cortez Patton	206,403	21.17
	Write-in		1,578	0.16
Total votes			975,155	100.00

Philadelphia Municipal Court retention elections

Results

Justice David H Conroy retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	258,579	85.98
No	42,171	14.02
Total votes	300,750	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Jacquelyn M Frazier-Lyde retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	212,705	71.24
No	85,879	28.76
Total votes	298,584	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Henry Lewandowski retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	249,139	84.90
No	44,352	15.10
Total votes	293,491	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice Wendy L Pew retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	243,003	82.20
No	52,515	17.80
Total votes	295,518	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Justice T Francis Shields retention, 2025

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	250,066	85.40
No	42,650	14.60
Total votes	292,716	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners [2]

Ballot questions

Proposed Charter Change 1: Creating the Office of Homeless Services Ombudsperson

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	138,497	84.78
No	24,873	15.22
Total votes	163,370	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners

Proposed Charter Change 2: Increasing Minimum Spending on Housing Trust Fund Purposes

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	120,287	74.70
No	40,745	25.30
Total votes	161,032	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners

Proposed Charter Change 3: Creating an Independent Prison Community Oversight Board and Office of Prison Oversight

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	124,982	76.88
No	37,585	23.12
Total votes	162,567	100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners

References

1. "2025 Municipal Election Calendar" (PDF). PA.gov. Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Elections. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
2. "2025 General Election Results". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
3. "Who's running in Philadelphia's top primary elections in May". Axios. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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8. Day, Gary L. (14 April 2025). "Local candidates vie for Liberty City LGBTQ Democratic Club endorsement". Philadelphia Gay News. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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11. "Brian Kisielewski Runs for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas". Law.com. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
12. "Deborah Watson-Stokes Runs for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas". Law.com. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
13. "A Philly judicial candidate cannot run in the May primary due to residency, judge rules". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
14. "COMMON PLEAS & MUNICIPAL". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
15. "DA Larry Krasner is endorsing judicial candidates, raising new questions about the independence of Philly courts". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
16. "The Wackiest Race for Local Judgeships Ever?". The Philadelphia Citizen. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
17. "Cortez Patton Runs for Philadelphia Municipal Court". Law.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
18. "The Pa. Supreme Court reprimanded him as a lawyer. Philly Democrats want to make him a judge anyway". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
19. "Qawi Abdul Rahman Runs for Philadelphia Municipal Court". Law.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.