2015 Philadelphia mayoral election

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2015 Philadelphia mayoral election
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Nominee Jim Kenney Melissa Murray Bailey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote203,73031,563
Percentage85.1%13.2%
Philadelphia Mayoral Election, 2015.svg
Results by ward
Kenney:      60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Mayor before election

Michael Nutter
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jim Kenney
Democratic

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. [2]

Contents

Incumbent Democratic party Mayor Michael Nutter could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term due to term limits in the city's home rule charter. [3] Registered Democrats hold a formidable 7-to-1 ratio over registered Republicans in Philadelphia, giving Democratic candidates a distinct advantage in citywide elections. [4]

The mayoral primary elections were held on May 19, 2015. 27% of the city's registered voters voted in the primaries. [5] Democrats nominated Jim Kenney, a member of the Philadelphia City Council, as their party's nominee. Kenney won the primary in a landslide with 55.83% of the vote, defeating a crowded field of five other Democratic candidates, including Anthony H. Williams and former District Attorney Lynn Abraham. [6] Republican Melissa Murray Bailey, a business executive, ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. [6] Had she been elected, Bailey would have become Philadelphia's first female mayor, as well as the city's first Republican mayor in more than 60 years. [4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Alan
Butkovitz		Darrell
Clarke		James
Kenney		Frank
Rizzo		Milton
Street		Ken
Trujillo		Anthony
Williams		Refused
Public Policy Polling* May 27–28, 2014916± 3.2%12%14%7%10%4%1%2%41%
22%—————11%67%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		James
Kenney		Anthony
Williams		Lynne
Abraham		UndecidedOther
GBA Strategies* April 9–15, 2015587± 4.1%26%25%22%18%9%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		James
Kenney		Anthony
Williams		Lynne
Abraham		Milton
Street		Nelson
Diaz		Doug
Oliver		UndecidedOther
Public Policy Polling* released April 6, 2015644± 3.7%26%25%20%4%3%3%19%

Results

Democratic primary results [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James F. Kenney 129,093 55.83
Democratic Anthony H. Williams 60,46326.13
Democratic Lynne Abraham 19,4308.40
Democratic Doug Oliver9,8234.24
Democratic Nelson Diaz8,5883.71
Democratic Milton Street 3,8991.68
Democratic Write-ins220.01
Total votes231,418 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Melissa Murray Bailey 12,486 99.69
Republican Write-ins390.31
Total votes12,525 100

Independent

Candidates

Declared

  • Rhashea Harmon, attorney and Republican nominee for the State Senate in 2010 [47] [48]

Declined

General election

Candidates

Results

2015 Philadelphia mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Kenney 203,730 85.36
Republican Melissa Murray Bailey31,56313.23
Independent James Foster1,7130.72
Socialist Workers Osborne Hart1,2340.52
Independent Boris Kindij3210.13
Write-in 1030.04
Total votes238,664 100.00
Democratic hold

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