Daily News | Why the mayor’s race is so wide open
came up through the Northwest Coalition and is the Democratic leader of the 50th Ward, which boasts some of the highest turnout rates in recent elections.
They include Jeff Brown, a grocer who has never held elected office; former City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, who gave up a career on Wall Street to help city government; and Maria Quiñones Sánchez, who served on Council for more than a decade despite being opposed by the Democratic machine.It’s anybody’s game, and momentum will shift over the next two months.
“There are a lot of former Council people that are running right now,” Bridges said, adding that success for them could mean “being able to establish themselves and figure out what do they need to say to say thatYou think these are divided times? Philadelphia’s 69th mayor, Alexander Henry, led the city through the Civil War, recruiting troops for the Union while also quelling anti-Confederate riots at home.
He helped organize the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, when Philadelphia hosted the first official world’s fair in the U.S. as the nation celebrated its 100th birthday.
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