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Mayoral candidate Doug Oliver talks with a passenger on the Broad Street subway line during his Monday morning canvas at the Olney station. Oliver has been campaigning on Septa trains and buses since January.

Doug Oliver hits the subway in pursuit of votes [photo gallery]

In this first installment of a photo-gallery series through which NinetyNine will embed with mayoral candidates between now and the May 1 ...

8 years ago

As part of his education-funding policy, mayoral candidate Jim Kenney has proposed revising incorrect land assessments. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

PlanPhilly on land taxes and their role in the mayoral campaign

Today, NinetyNine’s good friends over at ...

8 years ago

Kenney locks down support of Northwest Philly political leaders [updated]

City and state elected officials gathered at a West Oak Lane restaurant on Monday morning to throw their support behind mayoral candidate ...

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The first forum of this Democratic mayoral-primary season drew the candidates to Parkside in February. On Tuesday night, they'll go on live television from the Kimmel Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Phila. mayoral candidates answer 10 questions before Tuesday’s live-TV debate

The Democratic-mayoral primary shifts to live television on Tuesday night when six candidates gather for the ...

8 years ago

A poll conducted by supporters of Democratic mayoral candidate Jim Kenney showed him in a statistical dead heat with Tony Williams. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

While you were gone: Kenney’s poll, Williams’ new ad, a Relished endorsement 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. ...

8 years ago

Lively ‘City Council Candidates Convention’ engages hundreds of young voters at WHYY [photos + audio]

With a shade over six weeks to go until Philadelphia voters head to the polls, the Democratic mayoral primary — and its seemingly never ...

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Pam Africa, center, interrupts a Philadelphia mayoral forum to chastise Lynne Abraham for signing arrest warrants for MOVE members in 1985. (Eric Walter/NewsWorks)

MOVE, Milton and Rendell’s friends: NinetyNine’s mayoral campaign-coverage week in review

At high noon each Friday during Philadelphia’s mayoral-primary season, NinetyNine will post a roundup of noteworthy stories fro ...

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At this time of renewal, patterns of memory help us take the next step in our holy work days

This week, especially, has made me grateful for how our experience can be used to better equip us for the future. Living the challenges o ...

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Lynne Abraham, shown here at a Central High School mayoral forum this week, released her education-policy plan on Thursday. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

Abraham releases plan to ‘solve problems that have plagued Philadelphia schools for decades’

With a Thursday morning email blast, Lynne Abraham became the last* Democratic mayoral candidate to release a policy paper regarding the ...

8 years ago

Mayoral candidate Tony Williams was endorsed by Laborers District Council 332 at a Thursday morning event. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

Laborers’ Local 332 endorses Tony Williams for mayor at breakfast event

Citing the city’s need for a “big thinker who doesn’t think the status quo is good enough,” Laborers District Cou ...

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NinetyNine’s Mayoral-Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 4

There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than seven weeks before voters go to the mayoral-primary polls. So much, in fact, that ...

8 years ago

Williams accuses opponents of stealing bank idea and MOVE leader disrupts candidates forum

Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates squared off Wednesday night at a forum about gentrification and redevelopment where there were so ...

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A scene from the ad brought to you by American Cities, the independent expenditure group backing state Sen. Anthony Williams in the Philadelphia mayor's race. (Image via YouTube)

So, just who are the ‘three guys who may pick your next mayor’?

WHYY’s Dave Davies, with the help of education reporter Laura Benshoff, peels back layers of mystery surrounding the “three g ...

8 years ago

T. Milton Street Sr. faces a resuscitated challenge to his mayoral candidacy in the Democratic primary. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Milton Street may get stricken from the mayoral-primary ballot after all

Remember all those stories about T. Milton Street Sr. apparently ...

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Doug Oliver responds to a question about school closures at the Al Dia mayoral-conversation event. (Steph Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

Taking a closer look at Doug Oliver’s position on school closures

On Tuesday, NinetyNine brought you a recap of the quirkier aspects from ...

8 years ago

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