After winning the Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia on Tuesday, Cherelle Parker—a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania—is likely to become the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to hold the position.
The 50-year-old Parker, who represented northwest Philadelphia as a state representative for ten years before being elected to the city council in 2015, positioned herself as a strong leader whose background in politics would enable her to address serious issues together with public safety and quality of life in the nation’s sixth-largest city.
On November 7, she will face off against Republican David Oh.
Progressives who supported Helen Gym backed for Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders as well as New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were disappointed by the outcome.
In the crowded race to succeed term-limited Democrat Jim Kenney, Parker emerged in a group of five front-runners.
She defeated a state representative, a former city controller, a political outsider businessman, and other former members of the council who left their posts to enter the race.
The Philadelphia race is the most recent indicator of how people in some of the biggest cities in the country hope to recover from the pandemic, which has increased worries about inequality, poverty, and crime.
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In other regions of the country, the outcomes have occasionally been turbulent, leading to eliminating Chicago’s incumbent mayor in February and removing San Francisco’s district attorney the previous year.
To engage in community policing, Parker promised to “stop the sense of lawlessness that is plaguing our city” by stationing hundreds more officers on the streets.
Parker urged law enforcement to employ all available means, including detaining a person when they have “just cause and reasonable suspicion.”
Members of Congress and the Philadelphia delegation to the House of Representatives backed her. Kenney claimed he had voted for her because she had the support of several city wards and labor unions.
You may also have a peek at The Associated Press’s tweet below:
Former City Councilmember Cherelle Parker has won the Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor, making her the favorite to become the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role. https://t.co/Q2TCMaTHco
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2023
In a different race on Tuesday, residents of Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, the state’s second-largest city, chose Sara Innamorato, a sitting state lawmaker, as their candidate on the Democratic side to take on Joseph Rockey on the Republican side in the general election in November.
Contrary to the Philadelphia mayoral election, the county executive’s seat will not necessarily go to the primary winner.
She said at a campaign event on Tuesday, “Allegheny County, I’m going to make one promise to you: I will build a team of leaders who will usher in the future of this region and build a more equitable and just county,” urging supporters to celebrate the win and take a break. “We better get ready, because we have a lot of work to do.”
Even though it lost the mayoral primary, the movement Our Revolution, born out of Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and now among the most prominent progressive groups in the nation, had endorsed Innamorato.
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