2023 Philadelphia mayoral election megathread

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Does someone want to do a poll of who is the best candidate?

I don't know much about the GOP candidate, but I watched last night's debate. Did anyone else?

I have no idea who the best candidate is and who would do the best job of being mayor.

Possibly one of three??

Either Derek Green, Cherelle Parker or Rebecca Rhynhart?
Rhynhart does have a lot of experience being the City Controller for four years.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Philadelphia_mayoral_election

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My guess is Parker wins.

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I've heard good things about Oh, but I don't know much about him.

What kinds of differences would the election of Parker compared to the election of Oh be?

I don't expect Oh to win, but since I know so little about this match, I can't say for sure until I know more about the race.
The last GOP of Philly left office the year before I was born (1954)

There was one race that was extremely close, however, and if Oh could make it a close race he could win. That may sound far fetched, of course, and it probably is, but since I don't know much yet, IDK. I will wait to see what the polls can tell us.'

Even if Oh has close to a zero chance of winning it will be interesting to watch this race.

Philly has never had a woman mayor.

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This election will be interesting to watch.
Of course, I don't expect Oh to win.
There was a debate on KYW news radio a local Philadelphia station, this morning, but I didn't find out about it until afterwards.
Did anyone listen to it, or does anyone out there follow this race?

The last GOP mayor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Samuel

His term ended before I was even born.

Edit: Philadelphia will be electing her 100th mayor this year.

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I've seen a few in Center City, but literally only one spot where they clearly just threw some up since its near the highway.

I will say, the dynamics are interesting, because IMO, both candidates are near invisible. Maybe it's just because this is a coronation for Parker basically, but you basically hear nothing about either of them, which is technically worse for Oh, bc it means he's definitely not doing anything that will get him out of the usual 15-20% that GOP gets, but frankly Parker has been kind of lazy imo. I get that she knows she's going to win regardless, but it feels like shes doing the literal bare minimum in this race, which is also frustrating because now I wonder if turnout will even be anything special, which will have affects for the SC race as well.

I don't think any election should be taken for granted. Her not campaigning could very well lower turnout and cost Democrats the Supreme Court.

Totally dumb of her to run a skeleton campaign.

Even though the Dems have had a long streak, there have been close elections. Have there been any polls? I haven't seen any.

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Here's a link lasting 59 minutes and 51 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKBg0EMICns&

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/live-blog/election-day-voting-results-live-updates-rcna121782#rcrd24787

It looks like Parker has won. No surprise here.

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A Disastrous Night for the GOP:

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2023/Pres/Maps/Nov08.html#item-1

Oh, and Oh got only 25.5%. This is no surprise.

see the section on PA for a brief paragraph, which notes that Parker will be the first female Philadelphia (100th mayor)