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 Lynne Abraham chats with staffers in her Center City campaign headquarters last week. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

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 Lynne Abraham and her group at Friday night's 'Mayoral MillenniaLab' event. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

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 Lynne Abraham checks her phone during a break in a busy campaign Wednesday. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

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

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 City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. said those endorsing Tony Williams' mayoral candidacy represent a wide swath of the city. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Tony Williams: Fire police officers who use disparaging terms about race, sexual orientation

A collection of city and state elected officials gathered on Thursday afternoon to formally endorse Tony Williams’ mayoral candidac ...

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One in three young Philadelphians who age out of foster care at 18 will end up living below the poverty line. Forty percent will experien ...

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Maybe/maybe-not mayoral candidate Sam Katz issues L&I policy paper [video]

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A day after fainting, Lynne Abraham hits the campaign trail morning through night [photo gallery]

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 The candidates in this week's NinetyNine Quotes Quiz await the start of Tuesday night's forum. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

NinetyNine’s Mayoral-Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 5

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

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 The mayoral candidates danced their way into Wednesday's forum at Dobbins High School. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor Partnership)

Mayoral candidates discuss youth-violence issues at Dobbins High forum

Six of Philadelphia’s seven mayoral candidates fielded questions inside a gymnasium at North Philadelphia’s Dobbins High Scho ...

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 Mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham takes notes Tuesday night during a debate aired live on NBC10. Minutes later, she collapsed on the stage. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

Mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham faints during live-TV debate

About 10 minutes into Tuesday night’s mayoral debate, which aired live on NBC10 and Univision, candidate Lynne Abraham suddenly fel ...

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 Mayoral candidate Tony Williams talks to campaign spokesman Al Butler outside the Reading Terminal Market on Tuesday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Tony Williams talks Carpenters dustup, Kenney endorsement and Dwight Evans

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

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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]

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

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