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Kenney wins Dems’ mayoral nod; upsets brewing in Council at-large race [updated]

It’s primary day in Pennsylvania, and voters are heading to the polls. Check back here throughout the day for NewsWorks’ upda ...

6 years ago

Voting at the GW Childs Elementary polling place in South Philadelphia on Primary Day 2015. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Candidates are out and about as voters trickle into the polls [updated]

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Voters across the region will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote (WHYY, file)

9 things to know about before you head to the polls on Tuesday

On Tuesday, voters — translation: you, if you’re registered to vote in Philadelphia — will head to the polls to select, among o ...

6 years ago

A mash-up of Quotes Quiz photoshops and candidate portraits, lovingly created by (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

9 top quotes from NinetyNine’s weekly quotes quizzes

Over the course of the past several months, NinetyNine has posted a “Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz” on varying days of ...

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At an April mayoral debate held at St. Joseph's University, Nelson Diaz made a memorable quip about legalizing marijuana. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

9 memorable moments from Philly’s mayoral debates and forums

Since speaking before the Business Association of West Parkside on Feb. 19, the six Democratic candidates embarked on a campaign schedule ...

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During a February interview with NinetyNine, Mayor Michael Nutter said it's important to consider his potential successors in the context of unexpected-event response, akin to last week's train derailment. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

9 interviews with former and aspiring Philadelphia mayors

Over the course of the primary season, NinetyNine spoke one-on-one with each of the candidates, as well as a former and current mayor. ...

6 years ago

Mayoral candidates Milton Street, Jim Kenney and Doug Oliver at Quizzo night in East Falls. (NewsWorks, file art)

9 Quizzo questions about Philly’s mayoral candidates

Remember how Doug O ...

6 years ago

State Rep. Dwight Evans applauds as mayoral candidate Jim Kenney accepts the endorsement of a wide swath of Northwest Philadelphia's political leadership. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

9 noteworthy endorsements from the Philadelphia mayoral race

Over the course of the mayoral-primary campaign, NinetyNine kept track of which candidate garnered support from various groups, people an ...

6 years ago

For the past five months, six candidates have vied for the right to set up offices on the second floor of City Hall. (NewsWorks, file art)

Over the course of the past several months, we have written a lot of stories about the campaign, the candidates and related happenings on ...

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Way back in February, the six Democratic mayoral candidates attended the first forum of the campaign, in Parkside. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

(Not) asked and answered: Jim Kenney wonders what foes would do differently if they could

In the waning days of the mayoral-primary season, NinetyNine is reaching out to the six Democratic candidates to pose a question about, w ...

6 years ago

Anthony Hardy Williams held a feisty press conference outside a Locust Street restaurant amid confusion about a poll being released inside the eatery on Friday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

While you were gone: The final weekend, a crazy press conference and more

Wondering what’s been going on with the mayoral campaign since you walked away from your computer on Friday? We got you covered. ...

6 years ago

Rev. William B. Moore of Tenth Memorial Baptist Church listens to Anthony Hardy Williams speak during a campaign rally at Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church in North Philadelphia Sunday evening, May 17, 2015.

Anthony Hardy Williams in the last days of a mayoral-primary campaign [gallery]

In the days since a ...

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Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams had some choice words about the perceived front runner during Friday afternoon's press conference near Broad and Locust sts. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Williams bashes Kenney, polling data during hectic presser on a Center City sidewalk [audio]

It was a news conference called outside a Locust Street restaurant to “talk about the state of the campaign.” Based on ...

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Elijah Anderson: The workplace can be an education against homogeneity

A recent conversation with Elijah Anderson, urban ethnographer and author of “ ...

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Doug Oliver and campaign spokesman Mustafa Rashed interact with voters on the Broad Street Line. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

(Not) asked and answered: Doug Oliver’s campaign raises questions about the ‘experience’ issue

In the waning days of the mayoral-primary season, NinetyNine reached out to the six Democratic candidates to pose a question about, well, ...

6 years ago

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