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    The mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia...
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    The 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023 to elect the mayor of Philadelphia. Nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties...
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    Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United...
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    member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 92nd Mayor of Philadelphia from 1962 to 1972. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives...
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    an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3, 2000...
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    The 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent mayor Jim Kenney, first...
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    The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, concurrently with various other...
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    Wilson Goode (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984...
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    Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent Michael Nutter had been Mayor...
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    chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia. This building is also a courthouse, serving as the seat of the First...
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    Cherelle Parker (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    served as the 100th mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. She is the first woman to hold the office. Parker served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives...
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    charter strengthened the position of mayor and weakened the Philadelphia City Council. At the same time Philadelphia moved its supports from the Republican...
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    Frank Rizzo (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1967 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the Democratic...
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    The 1987 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the reelection of Wilson Goode over former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had switched to the Republican Party. Wilson...
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    2007 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007 when Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States elected Michael Nutter as the Mayor of Philadelphia...
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    The 1999 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the narrow election of Democrat John F. Street. Queena Bass, activist and former Thomas Jefferson University...
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    Jim Kenney (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    August 7, 1958) is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3, 2015...
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    enforcement and investigations within the County and City of Philadelphia. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, fourth-largest police...
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  • Melissa Benedict Julius Erving as himself Kenneth I. Starr as himself Mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell as himself The Flirtations as themselves Q Lazzarus as...
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    Republican businessman Sam Katz. Pennsylvania governor and former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell played a key role for Street by ensuring that business...
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    The 1971 Philadelphia mayoral election took place on November 2, 1971, to fill the 182nd mayoral term in Philadelphia, with Democratic nominee Frank Rizzo...
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    Ed Rendell (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. He previously served as chair of the national Democratic Party from 1999 to 2001, as mayor of Philadelphia from...
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    in Philadelphia that belongs to Lower Northeast. As with all neighborhoods in the city, the lack of any official designation means the boundaries of the...
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    neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for the high incomes of its residents and high real...
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    The 1983 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Wilson Goode. Goode won the Democratic nomination by defeating former mayor Frank Rizzo, as...
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    term, but did not do so. Democrat Ed Rendell, the former mayor of Philadelphia and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, emerged from a competitive...
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  • early mayor of colonial Philadelphia Anthony Morris (II) (1682–1763), also known as Anthony Morris III, son of earlier mayor, and himself mayor of Philadelphia...
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    The 1995 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the reelection of Democrat Ed Rendell. Denvir, Daniel (May 22, 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections...
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    Michael Nutter (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    served as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a former member of the Philadelphia City Council from...
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    Joseph S. Clark Jr. (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States...
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