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2019 Philadelphia elections
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A general election was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 5, 2019, to elect various county and city-level positions. The primary election was held on May 21, 2019.[1]

Mayor

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Kenney (incumbent) 234,749 80.33
Republican Billy Ciancaglini 56,710 19.41
Write-in 780 0.27
Total votes 292,239 100.00
Democratic hold

City Council

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City Commissioners

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Democratic primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia City Commissioners Democratic primary (vote for up to 2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Omar Sabir 71,303 24.33
Democratic Lisa Deeley (incumbent) 61,278 20.91
Democratic Kahlil Williams 48,884 16.68
Democratic Jen Devor 23,752 8.11
Democratic Marwan Kreidie 23,190 7.91
Democratic Annette Thompson 14,389 4.91
Democratic Dennis Lee 11,649 3.98
Democratic Luigi Borda 11,352 3.87
Democratic Carla Cain 9,613 3.28
Democratic Moira Bohannon 5,054 1.72
Democratic Robin Trent 4,949 1.69
Democratic Warren Bloom 3,808 1.30
Democratic Lewis Harris Jr. 3,793 1.29
Write-in 34 0.01
Total votes 293,048 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia City Commissioners Republican primary (vote for up to 2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Al Schmidt (incumbent) 16,782 99.72
Write-in 47 0.28
Total votes 16,829 100.00

General election

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia City Commissioners election (vote for up to 2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Deeley (incumbent) 222,203 45.06
Democratic Omar Sabir 216,542 43.92
Republican Al Schmidt (incumbent) 53,776 10.91
Write-in 564 0.11
Total votes 493,085 100.00

Register of Wills

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2019 Philadelphia register of wills election
← 2015
November 5, 2019
2023 →
 
Candidate Tracey Gordon
Party Democratic
Popular vote 234,401
Percentage 99.86%
Register of Wills before election

Ronald Donatucci
Democratic

 Elected Register of Wills

Tracey Gordon
Democratic

Tracey Gordon, who defeated 40-year incumbent Ronald Donatucci in the Democratic primary, ran unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

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Incumbent Ronald Donatucci, who had held the office since 1980 and was the longest-serving office-holder in Philadelphia, lost the primary in a tight contest to Tracey Gordon.

Nominated

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  • Tracey Gordon, community organizer and perennial candidate[5]

Eliminated in primary

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  • Ronald Donatucci, incumbent register of wills (1980–present)[5]
  • Jacque Whaumbush, former chief sheriff's deputy[5]

Results

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Results by ward
  Gordon
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Donatucci
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
2019 Philadelphia register of wills Democratic primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tracey Gordon 72,175 44.17
Democratic Ronald Donatucci (incumbent) 65,198 39.90
Democratic Jacque Whaumbush 25,985 15.90
Write-in 40 0.02
Total votes 163,398 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia register of wills Republican primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 64 100.00
Total votes 64 100.00

General election

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia register of wills election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tracey Gordon 234,401 99.86
Write-in 317 0.14
Total votes 234,718 100.00
Democratic hold

Sheriff

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2019 Philadelphia sheriff election
← 2015
November 5, 2019
2023 →
 
Candidate Rochelle Bilal
Party Democratic
Popular vote 233,105
Percentage 99.79%
Sheriff before election

Jewell Williams
Democratic

 Elected Sheriff

Rochelle Bilal
Democratic

Rochelle Bilal, who defeated incumbent Jewell Williams in the Democratic primary, ran unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

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Incumbent Jewell Williams, who had held the office since 2012, lost the primary to Rochelle Bilal.

Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Larry King Sr., former sheriff's deputy[5]
  • Malika Rahman, former corrections officer and sheriff's deputy[5]
  • Jewell Williams, incumbent sheriff (2012–present)[5]

Results

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Results by ward
  Bilal
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Williams
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Rahman
  •   50–60%
2019 Philadelphia sheriff Democratic primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rochelle Bilal 67,810 41.07
Democratic Jewell Williams (incumbent) 45,088 27.31
Democratic Malika Rahman 42,010 25.44
Democratic Larry King Sr. 10,168 6.16
Write-in 45 0.03
Total votes 165,121 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia sheriff Republican primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 84 100.00
Total votes 84 100.00

General election

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia sheriff election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rochelle Bilal 233,105 99.79
Write-in 483 0.21
Total votes 233,588 100.00
Democratic hold

Court of Common Pleas partisan election

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Incumbent Judge Sandy L. V. Byrd filed to run for retention but later withdrew, resulting in six seats up in the primary election and seven seats up in the general election.[6]

Democratic primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Democratic primary (vote for up to 6)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Schultz 59,547 8.14
Democratic Anthony Kyriakakis 58,128 7.94
Democratic Joshua Roberts 55,702 7.61
Democratic Tiffany Palmer 55,586 7.60
Democratic James C. Crumlish 39,217 5.36
Democratic Carmella Jacquinto 38,920 5.32
Democratic Wendi Barish 36,998 5.06
Democratic Cateria R. McCabe 36,214 4.95
Democratic Kay Yu 34,475 4.71
Democratic Henry McGregor Sias 33,560 4.59
Democratic Craig Levin 30,746 4.20
Democratic Nicola Serianni 28,328 3.87
Democratic Leon Goodman 26,352 3.60
Democratic Chris Hall 23,891 3.27
Democratic Beth Grossman 23,876 3.26
Democratic Kendra McCrae 21,853 2.99
Democratic Sherman Toppin 19,331 2.64
Democratic Jon Marshall 19,322 2.64
Democratic Terri M. Booker 18,750 2.56
Democratic Vicki Markovitz 16,433 2.25
Democratic Laurie Dow 16,020 2.19
Democratic Janine D. Momasso 14,384 1.97
Democratic James F. Berardinelli 13,663 1.87
Democratic Robert Trimble 6,305 0.86
Democratic Gregory Weyer 3,962 0.54
Write-in 108 0.01
Total votes 731,671 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Republican primary (vote for up to 6)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Beth Grossman 15,905 99.34
Write-in 105 0.66
Total votes 16,010 100.00

General election

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2019 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas election (vote for up to 7)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tiffany Palmer 225,978 15.00
Democratic Jennifer Schultz 219,027 14.54
Democratic Anthony Kyriakakis 217,169 14.42
Democratic James C. Crumlish 213,568 14.18
Democratic Carmella Jacquinto 213,131 14.15
Democratic Joshua Roberts 210,335 13.97
Democratic Crystal B. Powell 206,091 13.68
Write-in 779 0.05
Total votes 1,506,078 100.00

Court of Common Pleas retention elections

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Results

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Justice Daniel Anders retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For131,37176.36
Against40,66923.64
Total172,040100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Ida Chen retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For133,20477.61
Against38,43422.39
Total171,638100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Robert P. Coleman retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For126,45575.60
Against40,81824.40
Total167,273100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Roxanne E. Covington retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For133,30678.91
Against35,62421.09
Total168,930100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Richard J. Gordon retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For126,45476.79
Against38,21223.21
Total164,666100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Glynnis D. Hill retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For124,89976.58
Against38,20223.42
Total163,101100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Karen Shreeves-Johns retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For134,23179.14
Against35,39020.86
Total169,621100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Diane R. Thompson retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For132,35579.69
Against33,73920.31
Total166,094100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Donna M. Woelpper retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For126,24077.51
Against36,63322.49
Total162,873100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Sheila Woods-Skipper retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For135,56579.82
Against34,27920.18
Total169,844100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]

Philadelphia Municipal Court partisan election

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Democratic primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia Municipal Court Democratic primary (vote for up to 1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David H. Conroy 84,209 55.47
Democratic Theresa Brunson 67,540 44.49
Write-in 48 0.03
Total votes 151,797 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia Municipal Court Republican primary (vote for up to 1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 49 100.00
Total votes 49 100.00

General election

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Results

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2019 Philadelphia Municipal Court election (vote for up to 1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David H. Conroy 231,734 99.92
Write-in 180 0.08
Total votes 231,914 100.00

Philadelphia Municipal Court retention elections

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Results

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Justice Martin S. Coleman retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For133,60376.92
Against40,08723.08
Total173,690100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For141,09979.40
Against36,61220.60
Total177,711100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Henry Lewandowski retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For124,18174.55
Against42,39825.45
Total166,579100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice Wendy Lynn Pew retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For132,06277.68
Against37,95122.32
Total170,013100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Justice T. Francis Shields retention, 2019
ChoiceVotes%
For129,08577.66
Against37,14222.34
Total166,227100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]

Ballot questions

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Four ballot questions appeared on the primary ballot and two questions appeared on the general ballot. All proposals passed.[6]

Primary election

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Proposal 1 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
Proposed Charter Change 1: Gender-Neutral References for City Council Positions
ChoiceVotes%
For117,10767.89
Against55,38832.11
Total172,495100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3][4]
Proposal 2 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
Proposed Charter Change 2: Create the Office of Immigrant Affairs
ChoiceVotes%
For125,47973.94
Against44,23226.06
Total169,711100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3][4]
Proposal 3 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  •   90%–100%
  No
  •   50%–60%
Proposed Charter Change 3: Call on State Legislature to Increase Minimum Wage to US$15 by 2025
ChoiceVotes%
For141,10881.71
Against31,58918.29
Total172,697100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3][4]
Proposal 4 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
Proposed Charter Change 4: Create Public Safety Enforcement Officers to Assist Police in Regulating Traffic Codes
ChoiceVotes%
For117,28769.08
Against52,49530.92
Total169,782100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3][4]

General election

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Proposal 1 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
Proposed Charter Change: Raise the Threshold for Competitive Bidding from US$34,000
ChoiceVotes%
For179,34771.79
Against70,46428.21
Total249,811100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]
Bond proposal results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
Authorize the city to issue US$185 million in bonds to fund various development projects
ChoiceVotes%
For189,68271.39
Against76,01328.61
Total265,695100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "2019 Election Calendar" (PDF). PA.gov. Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Elections. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 1, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Election Summary Results - Municipal General and Special - November 5, 2019" (PDF). Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "May 21, 2019 Municipal Primary & Special Election - 100% Voting Machines Only Results". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2019 Primary Election Results". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winberg, Michaela (May 7, 2019). "The procrastinator's guide to the May 2019 primary election in Philly". Billy Penn. Archived from the original on January 27, 2026. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
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