1999 Philadelphia mayoral election

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1999 Philadelphia mayoral election

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Turnout45%[1] Increase 6 pp
  John F Street.jpg Sam Katz cropped (1).jpg
Nominee John F. Street Sam Katz
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 211,136 203,908
Percentage 49.52% 49.12%

Philadelphia Mayoral Election, 1999.svg
Results by ward
Street:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Katz:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Mayor before election

Ed Rendell
Democratic

Elected Mayor

John F. Street
Democratic

The 1999 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the narrow election of Democrat John F. Street.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Queena Bass, activist and former Thomas Jefferson University Hospital employee
  • Dwight Evans, State Representative from the 203rd district
  • Happy Fernandez, At-Large City Councilwoman
  • John F. Street, City Councilman from District 5
  • Martin Weinberg, judge and former City Solicitor
  • John F. White, Jr., former City Councilman from District 9 and State Representative from the 200th district

Declined[]

  • Ed Rendell, incumbent Mayor

Results[]

Philadelphia mayoral election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Street 107,285 36.11%
Democratic Martin Weinberg 91,457 30.78%
Democratic John F. White, Jr. 64,657 21.76%
Democratic Happy Fernandez 18,200 6.13%
Democratic Dwight Evans 13,711 4.62%
Democratic Queena Bass 1,802 0.61%
Turnout 297,112 100.00

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Sam Katz, candidate for Mayor in 1991

Results[]

Philadelphia Republican mayoral primary, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Katz 27,011 100.00%
Turnout 27,011 100.00

Sam Katz was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

General election[]

Results[]

Philadelphia mayoral election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John F. Street 211,136 49.52% -30.12%
Republican Sam Katz 203,908 49.12% +29.31
Independent Other 5,376 1% +0.46
Majority
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Denvir, Daniel (22 May 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way". City Lab. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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