2019 Philadelphia mayoral election

2019 Philadelphia mayoral election
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Turnout26.74% Increase
 
Candidate Jim Kenney Billy Ciancaglini
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 234,749 56,710
Percentage 80.33% 19.41%
Ward results
Precinct results
Kenney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ciancaglini:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      50%
Mayor before election

Jim Kenney
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jim Kenney
Democratic

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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 GOP 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

Mayor of Philadelphia, Democratic primary, 2019[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Kenney (incumbent) 131,930 66.90
Democratic Anthony H. Williams 48,012 24.35
Democratic Alan Butkovitz 17,219 8.73
Write-in 52 0.03
Total votes 197,213 100.0

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

Mayor of Philadelphia, Republican primary, 2019[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Billy Ciancaglini 17,291 99.61
Write-in 68 0.39
Total votes 17,359 100

General election

Results

Mayor of Philadelphia, general election, 2019[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Kenney (incumbent) 234,749 80.33
Republican Billy Ciancaglini 56,710 19.41
Write-in 780 0.27
Total votes 292,239 100.0
Democratic hold

Results by Ward[10]

Ward Jim Kenney
Democratic		 Billy Ciancaglini
Republican		 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

References

  1. ^ "Mayoral election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Announces Bid For Re-Election". Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com. KYW-TV. February 10, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Holly Otterbein (January 1, 2018). "It's official: Alan Butkovitz is running for mayor of Philadelphia". .philly.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  4. ^ John N. Mitchell, Staff Writer (March 18, 2019). "Sen. Williams running for mayor because 'the problems of the city are significant and huge'". phillytrib.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Past Election Results – 2019 Primary". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Past Election Results – 2019 Primary". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Brennan, Chris (February 15, 2019). "Philadelphia Republicans call a 'do-over' in mayoral endorsement". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philly.com. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "Past Election Results – 2019 Primary". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "Past Election Results – 2019 General". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Past Election Results – 2019 General". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
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