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2015 mayoral election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 Philadelphia mayoral election Turnout 21.84%
[1]
Results by wardKenney : 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect the
Mayor of
Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania , concurrently with various other
state and
local elections . Heavily favored
Democratic party candidate
Jim Kenney won.
[2]
Incumbent Democratic party Mayor
Michael Nutter could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term due to term limits in the city's
home rule charter .
[3] Registered Democrats hold a formidable 7-to-1 ratio over registered Republicans in Philadelphia, giving Democratic candidates a distinct advantage in citywide elections.
[4]
The mayoral
primary elections were held on May 19, 2015. 27% of the city's registered voters voted in the primaries.
[5] Democrats nominated
Jim Kenney , a member of the
Philadelphia City Council , as their party's nominee. Kenney won the primary in a landslide with 55.83% of the vote, defeating a crowded field of five other Democratic candidates, including
Anthony H. Williams and former District Attorney
Lynn Abraham .
[6] Republican Melissa Murray Bailey, a business executive, ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
[6] Had she been elected, Bailey would have become Philadelphia's first female mayor, as well as the city's first Republican mayor in more than 60 years.
[4]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Withdrew
Declined
Alan Butkovitz , Philadelphia City
Controller
[10]
[28]
Darrell L. Clarke ,
Philadelphia City Council President
[29]
Dwight E. Evans , State Representative, candidate for
lieutenant governor in
1986 , candidate for Governor in
1994 and candidate for Mayor in
1999 and
2007
[30]
Bill Green , former Philadelphia City Councilman and chair of the Philadelphia
School Reform Commission
[10]
[31]
Renée Cardwell Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Red Cross and former
Common Pleas judge
[32]
Kevin R. Johnson, Philadelphia clergyman and pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church
[33]
Sam Katz , businessman, public finance executive and Republican nominee for Mayor in
1999 and
2003
[34]
[35]
Tom Knox , businessman, candidate for Mayor
in 2007 and candidate for Governor in
2010
[36]
Alba Martinez, former city Human Services Commissioner and former CEO of the
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
[37]
Richard Negrin, Philadelphia Managing Director
[38]
Frank L. Rizzo, Jr. , former Republican Philadelphia City Councilman (running for the City Council)
[39]
Jonathan Saidel , former Philadelphia City
Controller
[40]
[41]
[42]
R. Seth Williams ,
District Attorney of Philadelphia
[10]
[43]
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Alan Butkovitz
Darrell Clarke
James Kenney
Frank Rizzo
Milton Street
Ken Trujillo
Anthony Williams
Refused
Public Policy Polling*
May 27–28, 2014
916
± 3.2%
12%
14%
7%
10%
4%
1%
2%
41%
22%
—
—
—
—
—
11%
67%
* Internal poll for the Alan Butkovitz campaign
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
James Kenney
Anthony Williams
Lynne Abraham
Undecided
Other
GBA Strategies*
April 9–15, 2015
587
± 4.1%
26%
25%
22%
18%
9%
* AFSCME poll for the James Kenney campaign.
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
James Kenney
Anthony Williams
Lynne Abraham
Milton Street
Nelson Diaz
Doug Oliver
Undecided
Other
Public Policy Polling*
released April 6, 2015
644
± 3.7%
26%
25%
20%
4%
3%
3%
19%
* Public Policy Polling poll for the James Kenney campaign.
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Declined
Ronald D. Castille , former Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , former
District Attorney of Philadelphia and candidate for Mayor in 1991
[49]
Sean Clark, nonprofit executive
[46]
[47]
Allan Domb, real estate developer and President of the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors
[50]
[48]
Rhashea Harmon, attorney and nominee for the State Senate in 2010 (running as an Independent)
[47]
[48]
Kelvin Jeremiah, President & CEO of the
Philadelphia Housing Authority
[51]
[48]
Sam Katz , businessman, public finance executive and Republican nominee for Mayor in
1999 and
2003
[34]
Elmer Money, candidate for City Council in 2011
[40]
[46]
[47]
[48]
Doug Oliver, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications at
Philadelphia Gas Works and former press secretary for Mayor Nutter (running as a Democrat)
[52]
Dana Spain, businesswoman and philanthropist
[53]
[54]
[45]
Results
Independent
Candidates
Declared
Rhashea Harmon, attorney and Republican nominee for the State Senate in 2010
[47]
[48]
Declined
General election
Candidates
Melissa Murray Bailey – Republican Party
James Foster – Independent
Osborne Hart – Socialist Workers Party
Jim Kenney – Democratic Party
Boris Kindij – Independent
Results
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