Tag: Oh, David (1960- )

Cherelle Parker Elected Mayor of Philadelphia

Cherelle Parker, a longtime state and local elected official who promised Philadelphia residents that she would aggressively tackle the city’s crime woes, was elected mayor Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, making her the first woman voted into the city’s highest office. Viewed as more moderate than the other candidates in the Democratic primary in […]

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Cherelle Parker Elected Mayor of Philadelphia

Cherelle Parker, a longtime state and local elected official who promised Philadelphia residents that she would aggressively tackle the city’s crime woes, was elected mayor Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, making her the first woman voted into the city’s highest office. Viewed as more moderate than the other candidates in the Democratic primary in […]

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‘I’m Not Superwoman’: Philadelphia’s Likely Mayor Urges Teamwork

As one urban gardener after another beseeched Cherelle Parker to prevent the green spaces that they had spent years nurturing from being gobbled up by developers, she furiously took notes in her trademark spiral notebook and barely said a word. Eventually, Ms. Parker, the Democratic nominee for mayor, did address the neighborhood groups that had […]

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Election Day Guide: Governor Races, Abortion Access and More

Election Day is nearly here, and while off-year political races receive a fraction of the attention compared with presidential elections, some of Tuesday’s contests will be intensely watched. At stake are two southern governorships, control of the Virginia General Assembly and abortion access in Ohio. National Democrats and Republicans, seeking to build momentum moving toward […]

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