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Last Tuesday, May 15, was the Primary Election Day! Democrats and Republicans came out to vote for their candidates in the November Final Election. Although turnout wasn’t so great (about 30% citywide), the election went on. In the end, the Democratic candidate for mayor, which was the hotly contested race this election, is Michael Nutter. He will run against the unopposed Republican, Al Taubenberger.

Michael Nutter, Tom Knox, Chaka Fattah, Bob Brady, and Dwight Evans were the significant Democratic candidates for mayor. Bob Brady had the support of many unions, but apparently was running to take votes away from Tom Knox, the rich businessman-turned-politician. Dwight Evans, a state congressman, had the support of areas of West Philly, but didn’t do so well overall. Chaka Fattah, a representative in the US House, fared a little better, but still, he’s not our next mayor. Anti-Knox ads brought him down near the end, but a string of anti-Nutter ads came too late. In the end, Nutter got over 100,000 votes.

In other races:

Sheriff: The incumbent, Green, won over challenger Untermeyer (In my opinion, Untermeyer is a much better sheriff name)

Councilman:
    1st District: Frank DiCicco
    2nd: Anna Verna
    4th: Curtis Jones
    5th: Darrell Clark
    7th: Maria Quinones Sanchez
    8th: Donna Reed Miller
    9th: Marian Tasco

Councilman-at-Large:
    Democrat (19 running):    James F. Kenney
                                            W. Wilson Goode Jr.
                                            Bill Green
                                            William Greenlee
                                            Blondell Reynolds Brown
    Republican (five running):  David Oh
                                             Jack Kelly
                                             Patricia Mattern
                                             Frank Rizzo
                                             Phil Kerwick

Other Races: There were a few judge races this time around, for the PA Supreme Court, the Municipal Court, Traffic Court, City Commissioner, Register of Wills, and Clerk of the Courts.

Also on the ballot were eight questions, on zoning, a youth commission, the war in Iraq, and money, to name a few.