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.