Mayoral races are particularly chaotic. With Democrats dominating cities, mayoral contests are the rare races where a candidate can win a powerful political office just by prevailing in a crowded, low-turnout party primary. It’s simply too enticing an opportunity for too many hopefuls, which is how we ended up with a field of eight major candidates in this Democratic … [Read more...] about One Month Out, Philly’s Mayoral Primary Begins to Take Shape
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A Run-Down of Philly’s Field of Mayoral Candidates
The City of Brotherly Love actually loves a really good fight, and they’ve sure got one ahead of them in the Democratic mayoral primary coming up on May 16th. With incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney term-limited, eight major candidates are running in the Democratic primary to succeed him. Given that Philadelphia hasn’t elected a GOP Mayor since 1947, the Democratic nominee will also … [Read more...] about A Run-Down of Philly’s Field of Mayoral Candidates