The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. They took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election, 2019 Philadelphia municipal election, and other local elections in the United States.

1st District

Incumbent Mark Squilla ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

District 1, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Squilla (incumbent) 16,785 81.37
Democratic Lou Lanni 3,830 18.57
Write-in 13 0.06
Total votes 20,628 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

District 1, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Orsino 2,020 99.90
Write-in 2 0.10
Total votes 2,022 100.00

General election

Results

District 1, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Squilla (incumbent) 27,062 82.64
Republican Daniel Orsino 5,627 17.18
Write-in 56 0.17
Total votes 32,745 100.00
Democratic hold

2nd District

Incumbent Kenyatta Johnson ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Lauren Vidas, lawyer and former City Council legislative aide[1]

Results

District 2, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson (incumbent) 13,358 59.75
Democratic Lauren Vidas 8,995 40.23
Write-in 5 0.02
Total votes 22,358 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Michael Bradley, construction manager and United States Army veteran[1]

Results

District 2, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Bradley 1,445 99.79
Write-in 3 0.21
Total votes 1,448 100.00

General election

Results

District 2, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatta Johnson (incumbent) 23,931 78.95
Republican Michael Bradley 6,004 19.81
Write-in 378 1.25
Total votes 30,313 100.00
Democratic hold

3rd District

Incumbent Jannie Blackwell ran for re-election and was defeated in the Democratic primary by Jamie Gauthier, who ran unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

District 3, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Gauthier 13,460 55.86
Democratic Jannie Blackwell (incumbent) 10,588 43.94
Write-in 48 0.20
Total votes 24,096 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 3, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 10 100.00
Total votes 10 100.00

General election

Results

District 3, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Gauthier 27,214 99.78
Write-in 61 0.22
Total votes 27,275 100.00
Democratic hold

4th District

Incumbent Curtis Jones Jr. ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Ron Adams, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program operations manager[1]

Results

District 4, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curtis Jones Jr. (incumbent) 16,042 74.04
Democratic Ron Adams 5,588 25.79
Write-in 38 0.18
Total votes 21,668 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 4, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 10 100.00
Total votes 10 100.00

General election

Results

District 4, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Curtis Jones Jr. (incumbent) 27,041 88.63
Independent Karla Cruel 2,461 8.07
Libertarian Matt Baltsar 984 3.23
Write-in 25 0.08
Total votes 30,511 100.00
Democratic hold

5th District

Incumbent Darrell L. Clarke ran for re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

District 5, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darrell L. Clarke (incumbent) 18,011 99.50
Write-in 91 0.50
Total votes 18,102 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 5, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 8 100.00
Total votes 8 100.00

General election

Results

District 5, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darrell L. Clarke (incumbent) 27,768 98.92
Write-in 302 1.08
Total votes 28,070 100.00
Democratic hold

6th District

Incumbent Bobby Henon ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

District 6, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Henon (incumbent) 7,390 99.74
Write-in 19 0.26
Total votes 7,409 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Pete Smith, president of the Tacony Civic Association[1]

Results

District 6, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Smith 3,166 99.97
Write-in 1 0.03
Total votes 3,167 100.00

General election

Results

District 6, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Henon (incumbent) 12,910 60.52
Republican Pete Smith 8,408 39.41
Write-in 14 0.07
Total votes 21,332 100.00
Democratic hold

7th District

Incumbent Maria Quiñones-Sánchez ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

District 7, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (incumbent) 6,139 52.05
Democratic Angel Cruz 5,653 47.93
Write-in 3 0.03
Total votes 11,795 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 7, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 7 100.00
Total votes 7 100.00

General election

Results

District 7, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (incumbent) 12,647 99.58
Write-in 53 0.42
Total votes 12,700 100.00
Democratic hold

8th District

Incumbent Cindy Bass ran unopposed for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Disqualified

Results

District 8, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Bass (incumbent) 21,642 98.09
Write-in 422 1.91
Total votes 22,064 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 8, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 13 100.00
Total votes 13 100.00

General election

Results

District 8, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Bass (incumbent) 27,678 80.87
Independent Greg Paulmier 6,465 18.89
Write-in 82 0.24
Total votes 34,225 100.00
Democratic hold

9th District

Incumbent Cherelle Parker ran unopposed for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

District 9, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cherelle Parker (incumbent) 18,623 99.96
Write-in 7 0.04
Total votes 18,630 100.00

Republican primary

Results

District 9, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 6 100.00
Total votes 6 100.00

General election

Results

District 9, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cherelle Parker (incumbent) 26,910 99.89
Write-in 29 0.11
Total votes 26,939 100.00
Democratic hold

10th District

Incumbent Brian J. O'Neill ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Judy Moore, executive vice president of the Garces Group[3]

Results

District 10, 2019 Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Judy Moore 7,762 99.91
Write-in 7 0.09
Total votes 7,769 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

District 10, 2019 Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 5,543 99.98
Write-in 1 0.02
Total votes 5,544 100.00

General election

Results

District 10, 2019 general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 16,183 54.98
Democratic Judy Moore 13,235 44.97
Write-in 15 0.08
Total votes 29,433 100.00
Republican hold

At-Large Seats

Philadelphia City Council has seven at-large seats, two of which must be represented by a minority party. Each party may nominate five candidates for the general election. Voters can select up to five candidates in both the primary and general.

For the first time since the city charter's ratification in 1951, a candidate from neither the Democratic nor Republican Party won an at-large seat, with Kendra Brooks of the Working Families Party unseating Al Taubenberger.[5]

Democratic primary

Advanced to general election

Eliminated in primary

  • Fareed Abdullah, teacher[1]
  • Wayne Allen, drug and alcohol counselor[1]
  • Erika Almirón, immigrant rights activist[1]
  • Deja Lynn Alvarez, member of the Mayor’s Commission on LGBT Affairs[1]
  • Ethelind Baylor, vice president of AFSCME DC 47[1]
  • Vinny Black[1]
  • Latrice Y. Bryant, Philadelphia city government staffer[1]
  • Devon Cade[1]
  • Bobbie Curry, perennial candidate[1]
  • Justin DiBerardinis, legislative director for councilor Maria Quiñones-Sánchez[1]
  • Joseph A. Diorio, attorney[1]
  • Wayne Edmund Dorsey[1]
  • Beth Finn, political organizer[1]
  • Sandra Dungee Glenn, former chair of the School Reform Commission[1]
  • Ogbonna "Paul" Hagins, activist[1]
  • Asa Khalif, activist[1]
  • Adrian Rivera-Reyes, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania[1]
  • Mark Ross, political organizer[1]
  • Edwin Santana, entrepreneur and special education teacher[1]
  • Eryn Santamoor, financial and political consultant[1]
  • Billy Thompson, pastor and musician[1]
  • Fernando Treviño, political consultant[1]
  • Hena Veit, forensic mitigation specialist[1]

Results

Philadelphia City Council At-Large, Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Gym (incumbent) 108,604 16.16
Democratic Allan Domb (incumbent) 67,193 10.00
Democratic Isaiah Thomas 64,045 9.53
Democratic Derek S. Green (incumbent) 61,070 9.09
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson 45,470 6.77
Democratic Justin DiBerardinis 42,643 6.35
Democratic Adrian Rivera-Reyes 35,565 5.29
Democratic Eryn Santamoor 35,026 5.21
Democratic Erika Almirón 34,329 5.11
Democratic Deja Lynn Alvarez 26,617 3.96
Democratic Sandra Dungee Glenn 18,105 2.69
Democratic Ethelind Baylor 14,259 2.12
Democratic Beth Finn 14,015 2.09
Democratic Ogbonna "Paul" Hagins 12,570 1.87
Democratic Fernando Treviño 11,646 1.73
Democratic Fareed Abdullah 10,676 1.59
Democratic Asa Khalif 9,779 1.46
Democratic Billy Thompson 9,166 1.36
Democratic Latrice Y. Bryant 8,966 1.33
Democratic Joseph A. Diorio 7,803 1.16
Democratic Hana Veit 5,474 0.81
Democratic Edwin Santana 5,272 0.78
Democratic Wayne Allen 4,941 0.74
Democratic Vinny Black 4,516 0.67
Democratic Mark Ross 4,255 0.63
Democratic Bobbie Curry 3,920 0.58
Democratic Devon Cade 2,854 0.42
Democratic Wayne Edmund Dorsey 2,780 0.41
Write-in 316 0.05
Total votes 671,875 100.00

Republican primary

Advanced to general election

  • Bill Heeney, businessman and Republican ward leader[1]
  • David Oh, incumbent councilor (2012–present)[1]
  • Al Taubenberger, incumbent councilor (2016–present)[1]
  • Dan Tinney, Republican candidate for City Council member at-large in 2015[1]
  • Matt Wolfe, Republican candidate for City Council member at-large in 2015[1]

Eliminated in primary

  • Irina M. Goldstein[1]
  • Drew Murray, community organizer[1]

Results

Philadelphia City Council At-Large, Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Tinney 13,611 21.02
Republican Al Taubenberger (incumbent) 12,542 19.37
Republican Matt Wolfe 12,362 19.09
Republican Bill Heeney 11,976 18.50
Republican David Oh (incumbent) 6,477 10.00
Republican Drew Murray 3,935 6.08
Republican Irina M. Goldstein 3,790 5.85
Write-in 54 0.08
Total votes 64,747 100.00

Working Families Party

Advanced to general election

General election

Results

Philadelphia City Council Member At-Large, 2019 general election
Vote for 5[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Gym (incumbent) 205,661 15.36
Democratic Isaiah Thomas 196,733 14.69
Democratic Derek S. Green (incumbent) 189,819 14.18
Democratic Katherine Gilmore Richardson 189,813 14.18
Democratic Allan Domb (incumbent) 186,665 13.94
Working Families Kendra Brooks 60,256 4.50
Republican David Oh (incumbent) 53,742 4.01
Republican Al Taubenberger (incumbent) 47,547 3.55
Working Families Nicolas O’Rourke 46,560 3.48
Republican Dan Tinney 46,270 3.46
Republican Bill Heeney 43,249 3.23
Republican Matt Wolfe 41,341 3.09
Independent Sherrie Cohen 9,116 0.68
Independent Joe Cox 8,880 0.66
Libertarian Maj Toure 6,179 0.46
Independent Steve Cherniavsky 3,480 0.26
Independent Clarc King 2,959 0.22
Write-in 745 0.06
Total votes 1,339,015 100.00
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Working Families gain from Republican
Republican hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Winberg, Michaela (May 7, 2019). "The procrastinator's guide to the May 2019 primary election in Philly". Billy Penn. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "2019 Primary Election Results". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Qiao, Sabrina; Sasko, Claire (May 20, 2019). "The No-B.S. Guide to the 2019 Primary Election". Philadelphia. Archived from the original on January 12, 2026. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Election Summary Results - Municipal General and Special - November 5, 2019" (PDF). Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ McCrystal, Laura; Walsh, Sean Collins (November 5, 2019). "Kendra Brooks captures a Philadelphia City Council seat in a historic win for the Working Families Party and Philly progressives". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Philadelphia_City_Council_election