2019 Philadelphia mayoral election explained

Election Name:	2019 Philadelphia mayoral election
Country:	Pennsylvania
Flag Image:	Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg
Type:	mayoral
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2015 Philadelphia mayoral election
Previous Year:	2015
Next Election:	2023 Philadelphia mayoral election
Next Year:	2023
Election Date:	November 5, 2019
Turnout:	26.74%
Popular Vote1:	234,749
Percentage1:	80.33%
Popular Vote2:	56,710
Percentage2:	19.41%
Map Size:	260px
Mayor
Before Election:	Jim Kenney
Before Party:	Democratic
After Election:	Jim Kenney
After Party:	Democratic
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Candidate1:	Jim Kenney
Candidate2:	Billy Ciancaglini
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)

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

Jim Kenney, Incumbent^[2]
Alan Butkovitz, former Philadelphia City Controller^[3]
Anthony H. Williams, Minority Whip of the Pennsylvania State Senate, candidate for mayor in 2015 and for governor in 2010.^[4]

Results

Results by Ward^[5]

Ward	Kenney		Williams		Butkovitz		Write-in		Totalvotes
Ward		%		%		%		%	Totalvotes
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^[6]

Results

General election

Results

Results by Ward^[7]

	Ward	%		%		%		Total votes
-	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

Notes and References

Web site: Mayoral election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019). 2021-06-09. Ballotpedia. en.
Web site: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Announces Bid For Re-Election. Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com. KYW-TV. February 10, 2019. February 16, 2019.
Web site: Holly Otterbein . It's official: Alan Butkovitz is running for mayor of Philadelphia . .philly.com . January 1, 2018 . November 17, 2018.
Web site: John N. Mitchell, Staff Writer . Sen. Williams running for mayor because 'the problems of the city are significant and huge' . phillytrib.com . March 18, 2019 . April 22, 2019 . April 22, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422142636/https://williamsin2019.com/ . dead .
Web site: Past Election Results – 2019 Primary . 2024-06-21 . Philadelphia City Commissioners . en-US.
Web site: Philadelphia Republicans call a 'do-over' in mayoral endorsement. Chris. Brennan. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philly.com. February 15, 2019. February 16, 2019.
Web site: Past Election Results – 2019 General . 2024-06-21 . Philadelphia City Commissioners . en-US.