Mayor's Office
The Brief: $1 Million Reasons Why Tony Williams’ Star Is About to Rise
1. Pro-Williams super PAC ups ad buy to a cool $1 million. The gist: Dave Davies reports for Newsworks that the American Cities Super PAC—that’s the […]
Thursday Night, Join Us for a Live Jim Kenney Interview
This Thursday night at 6 p.m., Citified sits down for a frank, wide-ranging interview with mayoral candidate and former City Councilman Jim Kenney. Please come […]
Should You Be Fined for Not Voting?
State Sen. Anthony Williams is planning to introduce legislation to require all registered voters in Pennsylvania to go to the polls in general elections. Williams, who is […]
The Brief: Ed Rendell “Not Likely” to Endorse a Mayoral Candidate
Former Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday he is “not likely” to endorse a mayoral candidate in the May 19th primary. He also announced yesterday that the Rendell Center for Civics & […]
Negadelphia Is No More — Can the Mayoral Candidates Adapt?
The headline news from The Pew Charitable Trusts poll last week was clear: residents are feeling pretty damn good about the city, even if there are actually […]
The Brief: Democrats to Endorse Openly Gay Council Candidate for First Time Ever
Bob Brady, chairman of Philadelphia’s Democratic City Committee, says City Council At-Large candidate Sherrie Cohen is expected to win the party’s endorsement. Cohen tells us the policy […]
Pro-Tony Williams Group Drops $500K Bomb on the Mayor’s Race
An independent group backed by three multimillionaires has kicked off a much-anticipated TV ad campaign supporting state Sen. Anthony Williams for mayor. American Cities, a committee that has received donations […]
Here’s Why Jim Kenney, Not Lynne Abraham, Got the NOW Endorsement
Since it was incorporated in 1971, the Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization for Women has never endorsed a mayoral candidate. Until this week. Philly […]
Lynne Abraham Says “I’m Just Going to Charge and Surge”
Thursday was a little weird for Lynne Abraham. On the one hand, she released an internal poll that claims she has a big lead in the mayoral […]
The Mayoral Race’s True Frontrunner: Lynne Abraham. Still.
[Updated: at 10:05 a.m. with new detail on racial breakdown of respondents.] Tony Williams has got legions of politicos behind him, much of the party […]
The Brief: The Gay Vote in the Mayor’s Race
The LGBT vote proved to be decisive in the 2012 presidential election. Could it be a force in the 2015 Philadelphia mayor’s race? Four mayoral […]
Judge Rules Milton Street Can Run for Mayor
The Inquirer’s Chris Brennan reports that a judge has ruled that Democratic mayoral candidate Milton Street can run in the May 19th primary.
Tony Williams Is Finally Starting to Own School Choice
For years, mayoral candidate and state Sen. Anthony Williams has been Pennsylvania’s highest-profile Democratic champion of charter schools and vouchers. When he ran for governor in 2010, he received […]
The Candidate Conversations Series: Meet Jim Kenney, the Mayoral Campaign’s Most Complex (and Compelling?) Figure
Former City Councilman Jim Kenney is a complicated, fascinating figure who’s carved out an unlikely political sweet spot for himself in the nook between two very […]
B-Roll of Rally? Check. Cheesesteak? Check. Hardscrabble Street Shot? Check. The Political Ad Season Has Arrived
State Senator and mayoral candidate Tony Williams is the first contender to take to the air with a campaign-funded TV ad. There’s a pro Jim-Kenney […]