2023 Philadelphia municipal election

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2023 Philadelphia elections
← 2021
November 7, 2023
2025 →

A general election was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 7, 2023, to elect various county and city-level positions. The primary election was held on May 16, 2023.[1]

Results

2023 Philadelphia mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cherelle Parker 232,075 74.72
Republican David Oh 75,677 24.36
Write-in 2,849 0.92
Total votes 310,601 100.00
Democratic hold

City Council

City Commissioners

Democratic primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia City Commissioners Democratic primary (vote for up to 2)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Omar Sabir (incumbent) 147,436 51.08
Democratic Lisa Deeley (incumbent) 140,326 48.62
Write-in 849 0.29
Total votes 288,611 100.00

Republican primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia City Commissioners Republican primary (vote for up to 2)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Seth Bluestein (incumbent) 13,645 98.57
Write-in 198 1.43
Total votes 13,843 100.00

General election

Results

2023 Philadelphia City Commissioners election (vote for up to 2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Deeley (incumbent) 209,374 44.06
Democratic Omar Sabir (incumbent) 204,260 42.99
Republican Seth Bluestein (incumbent) 60,850 12.81
Write-in 704 0.15
Total votes 475,188 100.00

City Controller special election

2023 Philadelphia city controller election
← 2021
November 7, 2023
2025 →
 
Candidate Christy Brady Aaron Bashir
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 225,917 52,603
Percentage 81.03% 18.87%
Brady:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Bashir:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      50%
City Controller before election

Christy Brady
Democratic

 Elected City Controller

Christy Brady
Democratic

A special election took place after the resignation of City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart in October 2022 to run for mayor.[4]

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Christy Brady, Acting City Controller (2022–present)[5]

Eliminated in primary

Did not file

  • Karen Javaruski, enterprise risk management professional[8]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Christy Brady

U.S. Representatives

State senators

State representatives

Philadelphia city councilmembers

Local officials

Individuals

Labor unions

Newspapers and other media

Organizations

Political parties

Alexandra Hunt

Organizations

Gregg Kavitz (withdrawn)

Organizations

John Thomas

State representatives

Philadelphia city councilors

Labor unions

Newspapers and other media

Results

Primary results by ward
  Brady
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  Hunt
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  Thomas
  •   40%–50%
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christy Brady 86,884 46.11
Democratic Alexandra Hunt 59,068 31.35
Democratic John Thomas 42,292 22.45
Write-in 170 0.09
Total votes 188,414 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bashir 13,545 99.11
Write-in 121 0.89
Total votes 13,666 100.00

General election

Results

2023 Philadelphia City Controller special election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christy Brady 225,917 81.03
Republican Aaron Bashir 52,603 18.87
Write-in 297 0.11
Total votes 278,817 100.00
Democratic hold

Register of Wills

2023 Philadelphia register of wills election
← 2019
November 7, 2023
2027 →
 
Candidate John Sabatina Linwood Holland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 225,156 47,187
Percentage 82.41% 17.27%
Sabatina:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Holland:      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      50%
Register of Wills before election

Tracey Gordon
Democratic

 Elected Register of Wills

John Sabatina
Democratic

Democratic primary

Incumbent Register of Wills Tracey Gordon was defeated by John Sabatina.

Nominee

  • John Sabatina, former estate attorney and 56th Ward Democratic Party leader[28]

Eliminated in primary

  • Elizabeth Hall Lowe, compliance solutions lead at GlaxoSmithKline[29]
  • Rae K. Hall, mayoral Chief of Staff office member and former staff member of City Councilmember Anna Verna[29]
  • Tracey Gordon, incumbent Register of Wills (2020–present)[29]

Results

Primary results by ward
  Sabatina
  •   20%–30%
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  Gordon
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  Hall Lowe
  •   30%–40%
2023 Philadelphia Register of Wills Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Sabatina 58,310 32.21
Democratic Tracey L. Gordon (incumbent) 55,123 30.45
Democratic Elizabeth Hall Lowe 40,428 22.33
Democratic Rae K. Hall 27,012 14.92
Write-in 165 0.09
Total votes 181,038 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Linwood Holland, 35th Ward Republican Party leader[28]

Results

2023 Philadelphia Register of Wills Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Linwood Holland 13,296 99.05
Write-in 128 0.95
Total votes 13,424 100.00

General election

Candidates
  • Linwood Holland, 35th Ward Republican Party leader[28]
  • John Sabatina, former estate attorney and 56th Ward Democratic Party leader

Results

2023 Philadelphia Register of Wills election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Sabatina 225,156 82.41
Republican Linwood Holland 47,187 17.27
Write-in 886 0.32
Total votes 273,229 100.00
Democratic hold

Sheriff

2023 Philadelphia sheriff election
← 2019
November 7, 2023
2027 →
 
Candidate Rochelle Bilal Mark LaVelle
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 199,406 69,512
Percentage 73.72% 25.70%
Bilal:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
LaVelle:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      50%
Sheriff before election

Rochelle Bilal
Democratic

 Elected Sheriff

Rochelle Bilal
Democratic

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Rochelle Bilal, incumbent sheriff (2020–present)[30]

Eliminated in primary

Results

Primary results by ward
  Bilal
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  Untermeyer
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
2023 Philadelphia Sheriff Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rochelle Bilal (incumbent) 78,444 43.50
Democratic Michael Untermeyer 72,963 40.46
Democratic Jackie L. Miles 27,865 15.45
Write-in 1,054 0.58
Total votes 180,326 100.00

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

2023 Philadelphia Sheriff Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark LaVelle 13,763 98.94
Write-in 148 1.06
Total votes 13,911 100.00

General election

Results

2023 Philadelphia Sheriff election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rochelle Bilal (incumbent) 199,406 73.72
Republican Mark LaVelle 69,512 25.70
Write-in 1,587 0.59
Total votes 270,505 100.00
Democratic hold

Court of Common Pleas partisan election

Democratic primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Democratic primary (vote for up to 10)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natasha Taylor-Smith 145,242 10.29
Democratic Tamika Washington 130,896 9.27
Democratic Samantha Williams 121,340 8.60
Democratic Kay Yu 109,961 7.79
Democratic John Padova 100,946 7.15
Democratic Chesley Lightsey 91,646 6.49
Democratic Brian McLaughlin 87,367 6.19
Democratic Damaris Garcia 86,824 6.15
Democratic Caroline Turner 86,095 6.10
Democratic Jessica R. Brown 81,517 5.78
Democratic Will Braveman 78,447 5.56
Democratic Wade D. Albert 78,124 5.54
Democratic Kenneth Joel 69,900 4.95
Democratic Qawi Abdul-Rahman 54,810 3.88
Democratic Melissa Francis 48,868 3.46
Democratic Joe Green 38,524 2.73
Write-in 865 0.06
Total votes 1,411,372 100.00

Republican primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Republican primary (vote for up to 10)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 1,353 100.00
Total votes 1,353 100.00

General election

Results

2023 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas election (vote for up to 13)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tamika Washington 204,468 9.45
Democratic Natasha Taylor-Smith 201,305 9.30
Democratic Samantha Williams 190,770 8.82
Democratic Kay Yu 184,706 8.54
Democratic John Padova 181,310 8.38
Democratic Brian McLaughlin 181,161 8.37
Democratic Chesley Lightsey 175,248 8.10
Democratic Jessica R. Brown 155,170 7.17
Democratic Caroline Turner 152,850 7.06
Democratic Damaris Garcia 141,108 6.52
Democratic James J. Eisenhower 138,927 6.42
Democratic Elvin Ross 128,519 5.94
Democratic Raj Sandher 124,315 5.75
Write-in 3,961 0.18
Total votes 2,163,818 100.00

Court of Common Pleas retention elections

Results

Justice Jacqueline F. Allen retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 168,514 78.63
No 45,807 21.37
Total votes 214,321 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Giovanni O. Campbell retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 153,143 75.20
No 50,498 24.80
Total votes 203,641 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Anne Marie B. Coyle retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 125,964 58.31
No 90,072 41.69
Total votes 216,036 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Ramy I. Djerassi retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 135,373 69.29
No 60,002 30.71
Total votes 195,375 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Joe Fernandes retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 144,481 74.03
No 50,690 25.97
Total votes 195,171 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Holly J. Ford retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 144,729 74.34
No 49,952 25.66
Total votes 194,681 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Timika Lane retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 186,747 82.11
No 40,693 17.89
Total votes 227,440 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice J. Scott O'Keefe retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 145,119 74.31
No 50,162 25.69
Total votes 195,281 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Paula A. Patrick retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 132,708 64.89
No 71,810 35.11
Total votes 204,518 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Sierra Thomas Street retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 158,002 77.01
No 47,168 22.99
Total votes 205,170 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Nina Wright Padilla retention, 2023
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 155,788 78.03
No 43,854 21.97
Total votes 199,642 100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]

Philadelphia Municipal Court partisan election

Democratic primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia Municipal Court Democratic primary (vote for up to 2)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Thomson 126,504 41.40
Democratic Colleen McIntyre Osborne 88,841 29.08
Democratic Melissa Francis 46,476 15.21
Democratic Rania Major 43,218 14.14
Write-in 511 0.17
Total votes 305,550 100.00

Republican primary

Results

2023 Philadelphia Municipal Court Republican primary (vote for up to 2)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rania M. Major 10,429 97.86
Write-in 228 2.14
Total votes 10,657 100.00

General election

Results

2023 Philadelphia Municipal Court election (vote for up to 2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Thomson 208,221 50.09
Democratic Colleen McIntyre Osborne 162,250 39.03
Republican Rania M. Major 44,774 10.77
Write-in 420 0.10
Total votes 415,665 100.00

Philadelphia Municipal Court retention elections

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