Francis Lazarro Rizzo was an American police officer and politician. He served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1967 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the Democratic Party throughout the entirety of his career in public office. He switched to the Republican Party in 1986 and campaigned as a Republican for the final five years of his life.
The 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 6,2007 when Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States elected Michael Nutter as the Mayor of Philadelphia starting in 2008. The incumbent mayor,John F. Street was barred from seeking a third term because of term limits. The Democratic Party primary campaign saw two well-known,well-funded Philadelphia congressmen –Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah –eclipsed by self-funding businessman Tom Knox and reformist former Philadelphia City Council member Nutter,who won by a surprisingly large margin in the primary election on May 15. He went on to face Republican Party nominee Al Taubenberger in the general election,which he won by a large margin and with the lowest voter turnout in a Philadelphia mayoral election without an incumbent since 1951. Mayor Nutter was sworn in on January 7,2008.
Cherelle Lesley Parker is an American politician who has served as the 100th mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Maria Quiñones-Sánchez is an American politician and political activist who served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council representing the 7th district. The district includes the neighborhoods of Castor Gardens,Fairhill,Feltonville,Frankford,Harrowgate,Hunting Park,Juniata,Kensington,Oxford Circle and Wissinoming. A registered Democrat,she served in this position from 2008 to 2022.
Brian J. O'Neill is a Republican Councilman representing the Tenth District on the City Council of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. He has served since 1980.
James Francis Kenney is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3,2015,defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary contest by a landslide on May 19.
The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,concurrently with various other state and local elections. Heavily favored Democratic party candidate Jim Kenney won.
The 1955 Philadelphia municipal election,held on Tuesday,November 8,involved contests for mayor,district attorney,all seventeen city council seats,among other offices. Citywide,the Democrats took majorities of over 130,000 votes,continuing their success from the elections four years earlier. Richardson Dilworth,who had been elected district attorney in 1951,was elected mayor. Victor H. Blanc,a city councilman,was elected district attorney. The Democrats also kept fourteen of seventeen city council seats,losing one district seat while gaining another,and kept control of the other citywide offices. The election represented a further consolidation of control by the Democrats after their citywide victories of four years earlier.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2016 took place on November 8,2016,to elect a new Pennsylvania Attorney General. Democratic incumbent Kathleen Kane originally indicated her intention to seek re-election,but dropped out after she was criminally charged with violating grand jury secrecy laws stemming from alleged leaks of grand jury investigation details to embarrass a political enemy.
Helen Gym is an American politician. She was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council. She was first elected to Council in 2015 and served until 2022,when she resigned to run in the Democratic primary of the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. Gym finished in third place behind Cherelle Parker,who won the nomination,and Rebecca Rhynhart.
Derek S. Green is an American politician and Democratic was a member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2016 to 2022.
The 1971 Philadelphia mayoral election took place on November 2,1971,to fill the 182nd mayoral term in Philadelphia,with Democratic nominee Frank Rizzo defeating Republican Thacher Longstreth. While Longstreth received many split ticket votes from Democrats,Rizzo found support among unions and the white working-class electorate.
Kendra Nicole Brooks is an American politician and activist. Brooks,a member of the Working Families Party (WFP),won a citywide at-large seat in the election to Philadelphia City Council on November 5,2019. The Council has seven at-large seats that go to the highest overall vote-getters with two seats reserved for a minority party. Brooks's initial 2019 election was the first time a third party candidate won the minority party seat since its inception in 1919,through the creation of the modern Philadelphia City Council. Brooks won reelection to Philadelphia City Council in 2023.
The 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 7,2023 to elect the mayor of Philadelphia. Nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties were selected through primaries on May 16,2023.
Amen R. Brown is an American politician. He is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 10th District since 2023. Brown previously represented the 190th District from 2021 to 2022 before redistricting moved him to the 10th District.
Curtis J. Jones Jr. is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council. In 2007,he was elected to represent the 4th District,which covers parts of North,Northwest,and West Philadelphia. He has served as Majority Leader (2012–2016) and Majority Whip since 2020.
76 Place at Market East is a proposed 18,500-capacity indoor arena planned for Center City,Philadelphia as the future home of Philadelphia's National Basketball Association (NBA) team,the Philadelphia 76ers. Planned for a 2031 opening to coincide with the expiration of the team's current lease of the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia,the arena would be located along the north side of Market Street between 10th and 11th Streets,extending to Cuthbert Street,occupying what is now the western third of Fashion District Philadelphia and the defunct Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal.
The 2022 Philadelphia City Council special elections were planned special elections in 2022. The reason for the special elections was at least five resignations from the Philadelphia City Council.
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.
Anthony Phillips is a Democratic member of Philadelphia's City Council,representing the 9th District. He is its youngest member. He replaced his mentor Cherelle Parker who had resigned to run for mayor,an election she subsequently won. Before Parker,the seat was held for 28 years by Marian Tasco. Phillips' council service has focused on issues of crime and safety,where he wrote and helped to pass bills addressing student pedestrian safety and crime reduction,introducing traffic calming measures and banning ski-masks in certain public places.
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