Sam Katz is one of the rare Republicans to perform so well in a mayoral election in such a blue area like Philadelphia. In fact, back in 1999, when he ran for Mayor, he almost got elected against controversial John F. Street by only 7000 votes, by 0.4 percentage points at a time Philadelphia had the 10th largest tax burden in the United States (which may have benefited Katz).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Philadelphia_mayoral_electionHow would Sam Katz's career would have been different if he got elected Mayor (which would have made him the first Republican Philadelphia Mayor since the 1950s)?
