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2023 Election: Who Won Seats on Philadelphia City Council?

The 2024 Philadelphia City Council. Top row, left to right: Nina Ahmad, Cindy Bass, Kendra Brooks, Mike Driscoll, Jamie Gauthier, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Jim Harrity. Middle row, left to right: Kenyatta Johnson, Curtis Jones Jr., Rue Landau, Quetcy Lozada, Brian O'Neill, Nicolas O'Rourke, Anrhony Phillips. Bottom row, left to right: Mark Squilla, Isaiah Thomas, Jeffrey Young. Jr.

The 2024 Philadelphia City Council. Top row, left to right: Nina Ahmad, Cindy Bass, Kendra Brooks, Mike Driscoll, Jamie Gauthier, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Jim Harrity. Middle row, left to right: Kenyatta Johnson, Curtis Jones Jr., Rue Landau, Quetcy Lozada, Brian O'Neill, Nicolas O'Rourke, Anrhony Phillips. Bottom row, left to right: Mark Squilla, Isaiah Thomas, Jeffrey Young. Jr.

On November 7 — Election Day 2023 — all 17 seats on Philadelphia City Council were up for grabs: 10 geography-based district seats and seven at-large seats. As of early November 8, all district incumbents had re-won their seats, and one at-large seat was still up for grabs.

The general election included Democratic and Republican primary winners plus third-party candidates such as the Working Families Party. Here’s who won and who lost (so far).

AT-LARGE CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL

DEMOCRATIC PARTY / WORKING FAMILIES PARTY

At-large incumbents running who ran for their jobs again: Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party / WP), Katherine Gilmore Richardson (Democrat / D), Jim Harrity (D, chosen in 2022 by special election) and Isaiah Thomas (D).

DISTRICT CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL

1ST DISTRICT / 2ND DISTRICT / 3RD DISTRICT / 4TH DISTRICT / 5TH DISTRICT / 6TH DISTRICT / 7TH DISTRICT / 8TH DISTRICT / 9TH DISTRICT / 10TH DISTRICT

District incumbents who ran for round: Mark Squilla (D), Kenyatta Johnson (D), Jamie Gauthier (D), Curtis Jones Jr. (D), Mike Driscoll (D), Quetcy Lozada (D, special election), Anthony Phillips (D, special election), Cindy Bass (D) and Brian O’Neill (R).

AT-LARGE CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL

Rules dictate that a minimum of two at-large seats on City Council go to members of the non-majority party.

After decades of those two minority seats belonging to Republicans, in 2019, Kendra Brooks of the Working Families Party took an at-large seat. This year, with at-large Republican David Oh having resigned from Council in order to run for mayor, another minority seat was up for grabs.

AT-LARGE CANDIDATES: DEMOCRATS

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