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
The Philadelphia City Council is the legislative body of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is composed of 17 councilmembers: ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large from throughou ...
from 2016 to 2020.
Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Taubenberger was President of the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce from 1991 to 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
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* ''Kelly'' (Kelly Price album), 2011
* ''Kelly'' (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), by Mark Charlap, 1965
* "Kelly" (song), by Kelly Rowland, 2018
* ''Kelly'' (film), Canada, 1981
* ...
'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 to the Director of Constituent Relations, where Taubenberger supervised 3 offices and 12 people. Following his time with Dougherty's office, he joined the Mid-Atlantic Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, a program of the
United States Department of Commerce
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. The program was designed to help American companies which were adversely affected by foreign import competition. Under Councilwoman
Joan Krajewski, he was the Administrator Secretary for City Council's Economic Development Committee. In addition, Taubenberger served as the Business Liaison for Councilwoman Krajewski's office.
In 2002 and 2004 Taubenberger ran for
Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
The 13th congressional district of Pennsylvania is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The district contains all of Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, and Perry counties. ...
. Both times, he was defeated in the primary election by
Melissa Brown.
In 2007, Taubenberger ran for mayor of Philadelphia against
Michael Nutter
Michael Anthony Nutter (born June 29, 1957) is an American politician who served as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a former member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th di ...
. Taubenberger was defeated by the a then-record margin in Mayoral history - losing 82.52% to 17.07%.
After the election, Mayor Nutter appointed Taubenberger to the newly formed bipartisan Philadelphia Jobs Commission.
In 2011, Taubenberger ran for an at-large seat on City Council. In the general election, Taubenberger finished narrowly behind
David Oh
David Henry Oh (born March 8, 1960) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Asian American elected to the cit ...
losing by 203 votes for the final at-large City Council seat. Taubenberger earned 6,606 more votes than Oh in
Northeast Philadelphia
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's 14 wards but Oh made up the deficit in
North Philadelphia
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and
West Philadelphia
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.
In 2012, Taubenberger ran for PA Representative and was defeated by a margin of 67.87% to 32.09% to the incumbent
Kevin J. Boyle
Kevin J. Boyle (born February 7, 1980) is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 172nd district from 2011 to 2024.
Boyle was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2010 ...
.
In 2015, Taubenberger ran for an at-large seat on City Council. The city council has seven at-large seats, only five of which may be held by the majority party (the
Democrats). He faced a field of five Republicans, which included incumbents
Dennis M. O'Brien and
David Oh
David Henry Oh (born March 8, 1960) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Asian American elected to the cit ...
, and four candidates from smaller parties. With nearly 99 percent of the ballots counted, Oh and Taubenberger were declared the winners of the two seats.
Personal life
The child of
German
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parents who immigrated from
Germany
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in the 1930s, Taubenberger was raised in
Northeast Philadelphia
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in the
Burholme neighborhood. He has been married twice and has 4 children. Three of his children were born from his first marriage with Barbara Muller. He currently resides in the
Fox Chase, Philadelphia
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neighborhood with his second wife, Joanne Brenner Taubenberger and their son William. They are parishioners of Saint Cecilia Parish. Taubenberger is a cousin to world-renowned virologist
Jeffery Taubenberger, of
Washington, D.C.
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, is Chief of the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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and
National Institutes of Health
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.
References
External links
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Campaign Commercial
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1953 births
Living people
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Pennsylvania Republicans
Philadelphia City Council members
American people of German descent
21st-century Pennsylvania politicians
United States congressional aides