1991 mayoral election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991 Philadelphia mayoral election|
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Turnout | 61%[1] 10 pp |
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Nominee
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Ed Rendell
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Joseph M. Egan, Jr.
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Party
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Democratic
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Republican
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Popular vote
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288,467
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132,811
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Percentage
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64.24%
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29.58%
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Mayor before election
Wilson Goode
Democratic
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Elected Mayor
Ed Rendell
Democratic
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The 1991 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Democrat Ed Rendell.
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Lucien Blackwell, City Councilman and Consumers Party nominee for Mayor in 1979
- George R. Burrell, Jr., City Councilman[2]
- Peter Hearn, former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association[2]
- Ed Rendell, former District Attorney of Philadelphia and candidate for Mayor in 1987
Results[]
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Ronald Castille, Philadelphia District Attorney
- Sam Katz, municipal finance expert[2]
- Frank Rizzo, former Mayor
Withdrew[]
- Joan Specter, City Councilwoman[3] (to run for re-election)
- Dennis Morrison-Wesley, tax consultant[3][4] (to run as New Philadelphia candidate)
Declined[]
Results[]
Following Rizzo's death, City Council candidate Joseph Egan was selected by the Philadelphia Republican Party to replace Rizzo as the nominee.[5]
Independents and third parties[]
Consumer[]
New Alliance[]
New Philadelphia[]
- Dennis Morrison-Wesley, tax consultant
Socialist Workers[]
- Kathleen Mickells, coal miner and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988
General election[]
Results[]
References[]
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