2019 Philadelphia mayoral election
The 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Incumbent mayor Jim Kenney , first elected in 2015, ran for reelection.
Kenney's platform included raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, providing city support for the maintenance of supervised injection sites , implementing a city soda tax , and ensuring the city's compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement . Ciancaglini promised to end Philadelphia's status as a sanctuary city and cancel plans to establish the supervised injection sites.
Background
No Republican had won a Philadelphia mayoral election since Bernard Samuel in 1947 .[ 1]
Kenney easily won in his bid for re-election to a second term; however, this was the first election since the nationally controversial 2003 election in which the Republican nominee managed to carry a ward, with Ciancaglini carrying slightly fewer wards than 2003 Republican nominee Sam Katz . Despite an easy landslide victory, there was increased dissatisfaction with Kenney and his administration, which continued months after the election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary results by ward 40%-50%
50%-60%
60%-70%
70%-80%
80%-90%
Results by Ward [ 6]
Ward
Kenney
Williams
Butkovitz
Write-in
Total
votes
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
1
2,666
78.32%
390
11.46%
345
10.14%
3
0.09%
3,404
2
4,654
84.27%
524
9.49%
342
6.19%
3
0.05%
5,523
3
1,663
47.60%
1,731
49.54%
100
2.86%
0
0.00%
3,494
4
1,733
56.25%
1,230
39.92%
118
3.83%
0
0.00%
3,081
5
5,314
83.61%
567
8.92%
473
7.44%
2
0.03%
6,356
6
1,337
59.37%
821
36.46%
93
4.13%
1
0.04%
2,252
7
746
74.97%
176
17.69%
72
7.24%
1
0.10%
995
8
5,682
83.02%
627
9.16%
533
7.79%
2
0.03%
6,844
9
3,807
86.29%
399
9.04%
206
4.67%
0
0.00%
4,412
10
3,566
69.89%
1,406
27.56%
130
2.55%
0
0.00%
5,102
11
1,207
62.64%
636
33.00%
84
4.36%
0
0.00%
1,927
12
2,311
66.56%
1,007
29.00%
153
4.41%
1
0.03%
3,472
13
1,964
63.91%
972
31.63%
137
4.46%
0
0.00%
3,073
14
977
71.16%
327
23.82%
69
5.03%
0
0.00%
1,373
15
3,305
81.46%
386
9.51%
366
9.02%
0
0.00%
4,057
16
880
62.95%
467
33.40%
51
3.65%
0
0.00%
1,398
17
2,489
64.25%
1,230
31.75%
155
4.00%
0
0.00%
3,874
18
2,163
77.81%
349
12.55%
264
9.50%
4
0.14%
2,780
19
918
77.27%
207
17.42%
63
5.30%
0
0.00%
1,188
20
666
68.10%
280
28.63%
32
3.27%
0
0.00%
978
21
4,452
72.95%
890
14.58%
759
12.44%
2
0.03%
6,103
22
4,709
74.44%
1,382
21.85%
235
3.71%
0
0.00%
6,326
23
1,293
63.60%
550
27.05%
190
9.35%
0
0.00%
2,033
24
1,425
68.08%
550
26.28%
118
5.64%
0
0.00%
2,093
25
662
56.48%
263
22.44%
246
20.99%
1
0.09%
1,172
26
1,254
54.69%
516
22.50%
522
22.76%
1
0.04%
2,293
27
1,725
79.27%
359
16.50%
90
4.14%
2
0.09%
2,176
28
1,042
62.88%
532
32.11%
83
5.01%
0
0.00%
1,657
29
1,237
72.51%
405
23.74%
64
3.75%
0
0.00%
1,706
30
3,075
82.62%
422
11.34%
224
6.02%
1
0.03%
3,722
31
1,887
80.26%
244
10.38%
217
9.23%
3
0.13%
2,351
32
1,567
64.14%
780
31.93%
96
3.93%
0
0.00%
2,443
33
772
66.15%
269
23.05%
125
10.71%
1
0.09%
1,167
34
3,802
55.44%
2,788
40.65%
267
3.89%
1
0.01%
6,858
35
1,436
57.12%
788
31.34%
290
11.54%
0
0.00%
2,514
36
3,772
67.61%
1,522
27.28%
282
5.05%
3
0.05%
5,579
37
1,090
69.69%
385
24.62%
89
5.69%
0
0.00%
1,564
38
2,211
73.46%
608
20.20%
190
6.31%
1
0.03%
3,010
39
3,415
66.03%
894
17.29%
858
16.59%
5
0.10%
5,172
40
3,065
56.16%
2,144
39.28%
249
4.56%
0
0.00%
5,458
41
660
49.14%
370
27.55%
311
23.16%
2
0.15%
1,343
42
1,301
65.87%
540
27.34%
134
6.78%
0
0.00%
1,975
43
1,148
66.47%
491
28.43%
88
5.10%
0
0.00%
1,727
44
1,175
54.95%
884
41.35%
78
3.65%
1
0.05%
2,138
45
614
47.19%
307
23.60%
379
29.13%
1
0.08%
1,301
46
4,058
76.31%
1,076
20.23%
182
3.42%
2
0.04%
5,318
47
613
65.70%
286
30.65%
34
3.64%
0
0.00%
933
48
1,739
66.60%
709
27.15%
163
6.24%
0
0.00%
2,611
49
2,067
61.03%
1,184
34.96%
136
4.02%
0
0.00%
3,387
50
4,813
73.18%
1,602
24.36%
162
2.46%
0
0.00%
6,577
51
2,093
56.94%
1,467
39.91%
114
3.10%
2
0.05%
3,676
52
3,098
61.14%
1,761
34.75%
208
4.10%
0
0.00%
5,067
53
866
53.33%
439
27.03%
318
19.58%
1
0.06%
1,624
54
502
48.36%
253
24.37%
283
27.26%
0
0.00%
1,038
55
759
48.97%
339
21.87%
450
29.03%
2
0.13%
1,550
56
1,352
51.04%
523
19.74%
774
29.22%
0
0.00%
2,649
57
1,111
50.32%
443
20.06%
651
29.48%
3
0.14%
2,208
58
1,733
55.09%
499
15.86%
913
29.02%
1
0.03%
3,146
59
2,615
69.29%
1,025
27.16%
133
3.52%
1
0.03%
3,774
60
2,041
61.00%
1,176
35.15%
126
3.77%
3
0.09%
3,346
61
2,226
62.77%
1,166
32.88%
154
4.34%
0
0.00%
3,546
62
1,070
57.01%
565
30.10%
241
12.84%
1
0.05%
1,877
63
1,316
57.52%
317
13.85%
655
28.63%
0
0.00%
2,288
64
531
50.33%
224
21.23%
300
28.44%
0
0.00%
1,055
65
1,058
52.61%
382
19.00%
570
28.34%
1
0.05%
2,011
66
1,468
47.82%
621
20.23%
980
31.92%
1
0.03%
3,070
Republican primary
Candidates
Billy Ciancaglini, defense attorney[ 7]
Results
General election
Results
Results by Ward [ 10]
Ward
Jim KenneyDemocratic
Billy CiancagliniRepublican
Write-in
Total votes
#
%
#
%
#
%
1
3,657
77.01%
1,075
22.64%
17
0.36%
4,749
2
6,433
85.82%
1,032
13.77%
31
0.41%
7,496
3
3,896
97.45%
100
2.50%
2
0.05%
3,998
4
3,633
97.30%
92
2.46%
9
0.24%
3,734
5
8,250
86.57%
1,226
12.86%
54
0.57%
9,530
6
2,542
96.73%
80
3.04%
6
0.23%
2,628
7
1,400
91.80%
123
8.07%
2
0.13%
1,525
8
8,596
85.85%
1,377
13.75%
40
0.40%
10,013
9
4,994
89.19%
592
10.57%
13
0.23%
5,599
10
5,859
97.80%
126
2.10%
6
0.10%
5,991
11
2,372
97.25%
65
2.67%
2
0.08%
2,439
12
4,166
95.99%
163
3.76%
11
0.25%
4,340
13
3,764
95.85%
149
3.79%
14
0.36%
3,927
14
1,676
94.90%
86
4.87%
4
0.23%
1,766
15
4,752
87.63%
651
12.00%
20
0.37%
5,423
16
1,781
96.74%
53
2.88%
7
0.38%
1,841
17
4,620
97.06%
135
2.84%
5
0.11%
4,760
18
3,370
83.23%
664
16.40%
15
0.37%
4,049
19
1,293
94.79%
69
5.06%
2
0.15%
1,364
20
1,433
95.66%
63
4.21%
2
0.13%
1,498
21
7,600
71.13%
3,061
28.65%
24
0.22%
10,685
22
7,237
95.99%
282
3.74%
20
0.27%
7,539
23
2,425
83.45%
471
16.21%
10
0.34%
2,906
24
2,419
95.69%
103
4.07%
6
0.24%
2,528
25
1,374
55.83%
1,071
43.52%
16
0.65%
2,461
26
1,743
39.70%
2,629
59.89%
18
0.41%
4,390
27
3,328
94.17%
196
5.55%
10
0.28%
3,534
28
2,001
97.85%
43
2.10%
1
0.05%
2,045
29
2,266
95.77%
93
3.93%
7
0.30%
2,366
30
4,285
90.59%
429
9.07%
16
0.34%
4,730
31
2,944
77.09%
859
22.49%
16
0.42%
3,819
32
3,099
96.15%
112
3.48%
12
0.37%
3,223
33
1,395
78.77%
373
21.06%
3
0.17%
1,771
34
7,854
94.44%
452
5.44%
10
0.12%
8,316
35
3,534
80.05%
876
19.84%
5
0.11%
4,415
36
6,279
91.52%
527
7.68%
55
0.80%
6,861
37
1,989
96.98%
59
2.88%
3
0.15%
2,051
38
3,685
90.65%
375
9.23%
5
0.12%
4,065
39
4,907
58.11%
3,505
41.51%
32
0.38%
8,444
40
6,740
92.70%
517
7.11%
14
0.19%
7,271
41
1,606
58.76%
1,123
41.09%
4
0.15%
2,733
42
2,504
90.66%
254
9.20%
4
0.14%
2,762
43
2,049
95.88%
88
4.12%
0
0.00%
2,137
44
2,401
97.17%
66
2.67%
4
0.16%
2,471
45
1,316
39.10%
2,030
60.31%
20
0.59%
3,366
46
5,598
96.52%
175
3.02%
27
0.47%
5,800
47
1,268
95.77%
51
3.85%
5
0.38%
1,324
48
3,023
86.17%
474
13.51%
11
0.31%
3,508
49
4,057
95.86%
172
4.06%
3
0.07%
4,232
50
7,508
97.03%
222
2.87%
8
0.10%
7,738
51
3,993
96.61%
133
3.22%
7
0.17%
4,133
52
5,767
95.02%
294
4.84%
8
0.13%
6,069
53
2,166
72.71%
801
26.89%
12
0.40%
2,979
54
1,346
77.58%
385
22.19%
4
0.23%
1,735
55
1,677
47.97%
1,808
51.72%
11
0.31%
3,496
56
3,104
54.56%
2,574
45.25%
11
0.19%
5,689
57
2,287
43.84%
2,922
56.01%
8
0.15%
5,217
58
3,583
43.11%
4,712
56.70%
16
0.19%
8,311
59
4,621
96.19%
177
3.68%
6
0.12%
4,804
60
3,659
97.29%
93
2.47%
9
0.24%
3,761
61
4,449
93.54%
301
6.33%
6
0.13%
4,756
62
2,348
76.48%
715
23.29%
7
0.23%
3,070
63
2,510
43.90%
3,192
55.83%
15
0.26%
5,717
64
1,031
39.37%
1,582
60.40%
6
0.23%
2,619
65
2,023
47.72%
2,205
52.02%
11
0.26%
4,239
66
3,264
34.42%
6,207
65.45%
12
0.13%
9,483
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