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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. Incumbent Democratic mayor Jim Kenney was term limited and could not seek reelection to a third term.
Voters elected two women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s second-largest county, installing Democrat Cherelle Parker as the 100th mayor of the state’s largest city ...
Parker was a Democratic representative in the Pennsylvania state House from 2005 until 2015, when she was elected to the Philadelphia City Council. She resigned in September 2022 when she launched ...
In September 2022, Parker resigned from City Council and announced her candidacy in the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. [5] She won the Democratic primary in May 2023, [ 6 ] going on to defeat Republican David Oh in the general election in November.
Indeed, Parker was handily elected Philadelphia’s 100th mayor on Tuesday, with 73.8% of the vote against Republican David Oh. The win is historic, with Parker shattering barriers to become both ...
John Swift was the first mayor to be elected directly by the people in the 1840 Philadelphia mayoral election. The term of office for the mayor was extended to two years in 1854, to three years in 1861, and to four years in 1885. The Act of 1885 also prohibited mayors from succeeding themselves. [4]
See live updates of Pennsylvania election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
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