2019 Philadelphia City Council election

2019 Philadelphia City Council election

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All 17 seats on the Philadelphia City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Cherelle Parker Brian O'Neill Kendra Brooks
(de facto)
Party Democratic Republican Working Families
Leader's seat District 9 District 10 Ran for At-Large (won)
Last election 14 seats 3 seats 0 seats
Seats before 14 3 0
Seats won 14 2 1
Seat change 0 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,027,087 268,371 106,816
Percentage 71.10% 18.58% 7.39%

Map of the general election. District results are shown, with the at-large district also depicted.

Council President before election

Darrell L. Clarke
Democratic

Elected Council President

Darrell L. Clarke
Democratic

The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. They took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the United States.

Results

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District 1

District 1, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Squilla 27,062 82.64
Republican Daniel Orsino 5,627 17.18
Write-in 56 0.17
Total votes 32,745 100.00
Democratic hold

District 2

District 2, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson 23,931 78.95
Republican Michael Bradley 6,004 19.81
Write-in 378 1.25
Total votes 30,313 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Gauthier 27,214 99.78
Write-in 61 0.22
Total votes 27,275 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curtis J. Jones Jr. 27,041 88.63
Independent Karla Cruel 2,461 8.07
Libertarian Matt Batsar 984 3.23
Write-in 25 0.08
Total votes 30,511 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darrell L. Clarke 27,768 98.92
Write-in 302 1.08
Total votes 28,070 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

District 6, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Henon 12,910 60.52
Republican Pete Smith 8,408 39.41
Write-in 14 0.07
Total votes 21,332 100.00
Democratic hold

District 7

District 7, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Quiñones-Sánchez 12,647 99.58
Write-in 53 0.42
Total votes 12,700 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

District 8, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Bass 27,678 80.87
Independent Greg Paulmier 6,465 18.89
Write-in 82 0.24
Total votes 34,225 100.00
Democratic hold

District 9

District 9, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cherelle Parker 26,910 99.89
Write-in 29 0.11
Total votes 26,939 100.00
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10, 2019 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian J. O'Neill 16,183 54.98
Democratic Judy Moore 13,235 44.97
Write-in 15 0.08
Total votes 29,433 100.00
Republican hold

At-Large Seats

Philadelphia City Council Member At-Large, 2019 general election
Vote for 7
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Gym 205,661 15.36
Democratic Isaiah Thomas 196,733 14.69
Democratic Derek S. Green 189,819 14.18
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson 189,813 14.18
Democratic Allan Domb 186,665 13.94
Working Families Kendra Brooks 60,256 4.50
Republican David Oh 53,742 4.01
Republican Al Taubenberger 47,547 3.55
Working Families Nicolas O’Rourke 46,560 3.48
Republican Dan Tinney 46,270 3.46
Republican Bill Heeney 43,249 3.23
Republican Matt Wolfe 41,341 3.09
Independent Sherrie Cohen 9,116 0.68
Independent Joe Cox 8,880 0.66
Libertarian Maj Toure 6,179 0.46
Independent Steve Cherniavsky 3,480 0.26
Independent Clarc King 2,959 0.22
Write-in 745 0.06
Total votes 1,339,015 100.00
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Working Families gain from Republican
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "The Philadelphia VoterApp Presented by the Philadelphia City Commissioners". www.philadelphiavotes.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020.