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2019 Philadelphia City Council Elections
The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. It took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election The 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent mayor Jim Kenney, first elected in 2015, was running for reelection. Kenney was running on raising the minimum wa ... and other local elections in the United States. Results District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 At-Large Seats References {{2019 United States elections 2019 United States local elections 2019 Pennsylvania elections Philadelphia City Council elections ...
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City Council, Kenney Administration Announce Renewed Investment In ‘same Day Work And Pay’ Program To Provide Pathway To Employment 10-1-2020 (51663225477) (cropped)
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and Urban density, densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, Public utilities, utilities, land use, Manufacturing, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cit ...
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Bobby Henon
Bobby Henon is an American former politician. He was a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 until 2022. Political career Henon, an electrician by trade, has worked as a steward, sub-foreman and foreman. The head of the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Johnny Dougherty, eventually named him the chapter's new Political Director, a position from which Henon lobbied various levels of government on legislative issues pertaining to the electrical industry. Henon also managed election day operations for endorsed candidates, educated campaign volunteers, and coordinated major campaign events. He also served as Chairman of the local’s Political Action Committee, as board member of the Electrical Mechanical Association, and as a delegate to the IBEW International Convention. In 2011, he was elected to Philadelphia City Council's Sixth District, succeeding the retiring incumbent Democrat Joan Krajewski. Since taking off ...
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Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ...
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Maj Toure
Maj Toure (born Martin Anthony Jones) is an American libertarian political activist and rapper. Toure is closely associated with the Mises Caucus wing of the American Libertarian Party. A native of North Philadelphia, Toure founded the educational nonprofit organization Black Guns Matter in 2016. The organization advocates for the right to keep and bear arms, and promotes responsible ownership of firearms within African-American and urban communities. He has released three rap/ hip hop recordings: ''Solutionary Vol. 1'' (2005), ''Solutionary Vol. 2'' (2014), and ''Solutionary Vol. 3'' (2016). Toure was a candidate for an at-large seat in the Philadelphia City Council in the city's 2019 election. He ran as a Libertarian. In addition to his support for Second Amendment rights, his stated political priorities included: criminal justice reform; ending the practice of solitary confinement; legalization of cannabis; improved education in Philadelphia; and conflict resolut ...
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Al Taubenberger
Alfred W. Taubenberger (born 1953) is an American politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as an at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2016 to 2020. Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Taubenberger was President of the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce from 1991-2015. Political career Taubenberger later held staff jobs for Republican Congressman Charles F. Dougherty in the early 1980s and later for two City Council members, Democrat Joan Krajewski and Republican Jack Kelly. Taubenberger worked as Councilman Kelly's chief-of-staff, was vice-chair of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission, member of the Philadelphia Zoning Code Commission, administrator of the Philadelphia City Council Republican Caucus, and ran the district office of U.S. Rep. Charles F. Dougherty. but also had a dual title as the administrator of the Philadelphia City Council Republican Caucus. in 1980, Dougherty promoted him t ...
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David Oh
David Henry Oh (born March 8, 1960) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Asian American elected to the city council. Oh was the Republican nominee in the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. Early life and education Oh was born in Philadelphia on March 8, 1960. He grew up in Cobbs Creek. His father, Ki Hang Oh, was a pastor. Oh graduated from Dickinson College and Rutgers Law School. He became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1985.https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/19143-pa-david-oh-626078.html Career After graduating from law school, Oh worked for three years as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia. He resigned to join the U.S. Army in 1988 and served until 1992 as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army National Guard. He returned to Philadelphia and opened a solo law firm. In 2008, he merged his firm with Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, P.C. Prior t ...
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Allan Domb
Michael Allan Domb (born 1955) is an American real estate developer and Democratic politician, currently serving as an at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council. Born and raised in northern New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia after graduating from college. After a successful career in Philadelphia real estate, he entered politics for the first time in 2015, being elected to the Philadelphia City Council. On November 15, he announced his candidacy for the 2023 Philadelphia Mayoral Election. Early life and education Domb was born in 1955 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the second son of Edward Domb and Betty Schlesinger Domb. Domb's father and grandfather worked in the embroidery business. The family relocated to nearby Fort Lee, New Jersey, soon after Domb's birth. Domb and his older brother, Peter, embarked on a series of odd jobs from a young age, shining shoes, shoveling snow, and mowing lawns. He graduated from Fort Lee High School in 1973 and started college at Americ ...
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Katherine Gilmore Richardson
Katherine Gilmore Richardson (born ) is a Democratic politician and at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council. Gilmore Richardson was first elected to an at-large seat in 2019, becoming the youngest Black woman to serve on the city council. On January 2, 2024, she became both the youngest ever and the first At-Large member elected to serve as Majority Leader. Early life and education Gilmore Richardson was born to a teenage mother from South Philadelphia and adopted at birth by Rev. Lorraine Jenkins Gilmore and James William Gilmore. She was raised in Philadelphia and attended the Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School and then the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She attended West Chester University, earned a bachelor's in political science and a master's in administration with a concentration in public administration, and became a member of Zeta Phi Beta. She spent two years teaching as a substitute teacher at Overbrook High School where she ta ...
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Derek S
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name ''Derk'' is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 1 ...
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Isaiah Thomas (politician)
Isaiah Thomas Sr. is a Democratic politician and At-Large member of Philadelphia City Council. He was born to a family of 10 children from the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. He attended Frankford High School, Pennsylvania State University and Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), Lincoln University. He was first elected to an At-Large seat on Philadelphia City Council in 2019. Thomas was re-elected to a second term with the highest votes in the 2023 primary and general elections. He assumed office January 2, 2024 and was elected by fellow members to serve as Majority Whip. Personal life Thomas is one of 10 children born to parents Barry, an educator and coach and Veronica, president of the deaconess board of Triumph Baptist Church. He grew up in Philadelphia and attended Frankford High School. During his freshman year in high school he started working for the Philadelphia Freedom Schools program during the summer. He graduated from Penn State in 2007 with a degree in s ...
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Helen Gym
Helen Gym ( ; ko, 김혜련, born January 11, 1968) is an American politician. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council. She was first elected to Council in 2015 and served until 2022, when she resigned to run in the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. A member of the Democratic Party, Gym is a former school teacher and community organizer who cofounded Parents United for Public Education and served on the board of Asian Americans United. While on City Council, she became known as a progressive voice and focused on issues like housing, education, youth issues, and worker’s rights. Early life Gym was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. Her parents were born in Korea and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. Her father was a computer engineer who worked for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Her mother worked in the food services department at the Ohio Sta ...
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Cindy Bass
Cindy M. Bass (born November 4, 1967) is a Democratic politician and member of the City Council of Philadelphia. Personal life Bass grew up in North Philadelphia and graduated from Parkway-Northwest High School and Temple University. She served as chair of the Coalition of 100 Black Women,ON PEOPLE, GAR JOSEPH. "Some up-and-coming talent in local politics - OUR NOMINEES FOR NEXT POWER GENERATION." ''Philadelphia Daily News (PA)'', August 1, 2003: 09. ''NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current''. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0FCAC9BAC11FDD46. was involved with Mt. Airy USA and worked as a community loan officer."Inquirer Editorial: Bass best for Eighth." ''Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)'', April 25, 2011: A12. ''NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current''. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1379EAE095CFF048. In 2005, she started the Northwest Fund, a non-profit ...
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