Robert T. Beers is an American accountant (CPA) and member of the Republican Party. He was previously an elected member of the Nevada Assembly from 1998 to 2004,the Nevada Senate from 2005 to 2008,and the Las Vegas City Council from 2012 to 2017. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Nevada in 2006. In January 2014,he announced that he would run against Democratic Senator Harry Reid in the 2016 U.S. Senate election,but he withdrew from the race in June 2015. In 2018,he was defeated for Nevada State Treasurer by Zach Conine.
Francis Silvestri Rizzo,commonly known as Frank Rizzo Jr.,is an American politician. He is the son of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo and served as a Republican and briefly as an Independent member of the Philadelphia City Council for a combined sixteen years.
Jack E. Wagner is an American Democratic politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He served as Pennsylvania Auditor General,and previously served in the State Senate and Pittsburgh City Council.
William Thacher Longstreth was a Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council who was perhaps best known for his long tenure and unique image.
Dennis Michael O'Brien is an American Republican Party politician who served as the 137th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2008. First elected in 1976,he represented the 169th Legislative District in the state House for the most part of four decades. He served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council for one term,from 2012 to 2016.
Alfred W. Taubenberger is an American politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party,he served as an at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2016 to 2020.
Brian J. O'Neill is a Republican Councilman representing the Tenth District on the City Council of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. He has served since 1980.
William Joseph Green IV is the former chair of the School Reform Commission of the School District of Philadelphia and a former Democratic Councilman-at-Large on the City Council of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. While in office,he prioritized accountability and fiscal discipline,constituent service,and quality of life for city residents.
William K. Greenlee is a former Democratic Councilman-at-Large on the City Council of Philadelphia. He served from 2006 to 2020.
Joseph C. Vignola,Sr. is a Democratic politician from Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
David Oh is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Asian American elected to the city council.
Harry P. Jannotti was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council.
Edward "Ed" Neilson is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. In April 2012,he won a special election to represent the 169th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In May 2014 he won a special election to serve as an at-large member of Philadelphia City Council replacing outgoing councilmember Bill Green. In August 2015,he won a special election to represent the 174th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The 1951 Philadelphia municipal election,held on Tuesday,November 6,was the first election under the city's new charter,which had been approved by the voters in April,and the first Democratic victory in the city in more than a half-century. The positions contested were those of mayor and district attorney,and all seventeen city council seats. There was also a referendum on whether to consolidate the city and county governments. Citywide,the Democrats took majorities of over 100,000 votes,breaking a 67-year Republican hold on city government. Joseph S. Clark Jr. and Richardson Dilworth,two of the main movers for the charter reform,were elected mayor and district attorney,respectively. Led by local party chairman James A. Finnegan,the Democrats also took fourteen of seventeen city council seats,and all of the citywide offices on the ballot. A referendum on city-county consolidation passed by a wide margin. The election marked the beginning of Democratic dominance of Philadelphia city politics,which continues today.
The 1951 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.
1959 Philadelphia's municipal election,held on November 3,involved contests for mayor,all seventeen city council seats,and several other executive and judicial offices. Citywide,the Democrats took majorities of over 200,000 votes,continuing their success from the elections four years earlier. Richardson Dilworth,who had been elected mayor in 1955,was re-elected over Republican nominee Harold Stassen. The Democrats also took fifteen of seventeen city council seats,the most seats allowed to any one party under the 1951 city charter. They further kept control of the other citywide offices. The election represented a continued consolidation of control by the Democrats after their citywide victories of the previous eight years.
Virginia's 50th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates,the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district is made up of most of Manassas City and some of Prince William County. The representative of the 50th district is Democrat Michelle Maldonado.
Maxwell Edward Seidman was an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Democratic Party.
The 2023 Philadelphia City Council elections will be held November 7,2023 for elections of all seats in the Philadelphia City Council. The Democratic Party currently has a super-majority on the council. It will take place on the same day as the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the Commonwealth.
