2019 Philadelphia City Council election

See also: 2019 Pennsylvania elections

The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. They took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the United States.

2019 Philadelphia City Council election

November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)
All 17 seats on the Philadelphia City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cherelle Parker Brian O'Neill Kendra Brooks (de facto) Party Democratic Republican Working Families Leader's seat District 9 District 10 Ran for At-Large (won) Last election 14 seats 3 seats 0 seats Seats before 14 3 0 Seats won 14 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 1,027,087 268,371 106,816 Percentage 71.10% 18.58% 7.39%
Map of the general election. District results are shown, with the at-large district also depicted.
Council President before election Darrell L. Clarke Democratic Elected Council President Darrell L. Clarke Democratic

Results

District 1

District 1, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Squilla	27,062	82.64
	Republican	Daniel Orsino	5,627	17.18
	Write-in		56	0.17
Total votes			32,745	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 2

District 2, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenyatta Johnson	23,931	78.95
	Republican	Michael Bradley	6,004	19.81
	Write-in		378	1.25
Total votes			30,313	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

District 3, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Gauthier	27,214	99.78
	Write-in		61	0.22
Total votes			27,275	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

District 4, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curtis J. Jones Jr.	27,041	88.63
	Independent	Karla Cruel	2,461	8.07
	Libertarian	Matt Batsar	984	3.23
	Write-in		25	0.08
Total votes			30,511	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

District 5, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell L. Clarke	27,768	98.92
	Write-in		302	1.08
Total votes			28,070	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

District 6, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Henon	12,910	60.52
	Republican	Pete Smith	8,408	39.41
	Write-in		14	0.07
Total votes			21,332	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 7

District 7, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Quiñones-Sánchez	12,647	99.58
	Write-in		53	0.42
Total votes			12,700	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

District 8, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Bass	27,678	80.87
	Independent	Greg Paulmier	6,465	18.89
	Write-in		82	0.24
Total votes			34,225	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 9

District 9, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cherelle Parker	26,910	99.89
	Write-in		29	0.11
Total votes			26,939	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

District 10, 2019 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian J. O'Neill	16,183	54.98
	Democratic	Judy Moore	13,235	44.97
	Write-in		15	0.08
Total votes			29,433	100.00
	Republican hold

At-Large Seats

Philadelphia City Council Member At-Large, 2019 general election
Vote for 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helen Gym	205,661	15.36
	Democratic	Isaiah Thomas	196,733	14.69
	Democratic	Derek S. Green	189,819	14.18
	Democratic	Katherine Gilmore Richardson	189,813	14.18
	Democratic	Allan Domb	186,665	13.94
	Working Families	Kendra Brooks	60,256	4.50
	Republican	David Oh	53,742	4.01
	Republican	Al Taubenberger	47,547	3.55
	Working Families	Nicolas O’Rourke	46,560	3.48
	Republican	Dan Tinney	46,270	3.46
	Republican	Bill Heeney	43,249	3.23
	Republican	Matt Wolfe	41,341	3.09
	Independent	Sherrie Cohen	9,116	0.68
	Independent	Joe Cox	8,880	0.66
	Libertarian	Maj Toure	6,179	0.46
	Independent	Steve Cherniavsky	3,480	0.26
	Independent	Clarc King	2,959	0.22
	Write-in		745	0.06
Total votes			1,339,015	100.00
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Working Families gain from Republican
	Republican hold