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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 ...
On September 7, 2022, Parker resigned from the City Council and announced her candidacy for Mayor of Philadelphia in the 2023 election. [5] Following her resignation, she also registered as a lobbyist in Pennsylvania, and secured Longwood Gardens and Moore College of Art and Design as clients.
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]
Cherelle Parker, 51, also becomes city’s fourth Black mayor
2019 Philadelphia mayoral election; 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election This page was last edited on 10 October 2016, at 10:15 (UTC). Text ...