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Group offers details of citywide ‘Voter Education Week’ effort [audio]

At a Friday morning press conference in City Hall, Crowdpac, ...

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Horses make their way around turn one during the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Philly mayoral candidates' heads added later, of course, of course. (Original: AP Photo/Darron Cummings; NewsWorks illustration by Kimberly Paynter)

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Nutter steps in, Milton shows up and media called out: NinetyNine’s week in review

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

8 years ago

Project HOME's Sister Mary Scullion welcomes an estimated 400 people to Thursday night's mayoral forum. (Photo from Jim Kenney campaign Twitter feed)

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Sister Mary Scullion not pleased with late, absent candidates at homelessness forum

“On election day,” said Sister Mary Scullion, ...

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Dueling opinions. (Screen grabs from the Next Mayor partnership's Philly.com)

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Days after Inquirer endorses Williams, its editorial-page editor takes candidate to task

Let’s travel back to a simpler time called “Sunday.” It was then that ...

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Mayoral candidate Milton Street answers a question from a patron at Billy Murphy's Irish Saloon Tuesday night, during its weekly quizzo event. Questions focused on public schools, his position on charters, and why he is running for mayor.

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Milton Street holds court at Quizzo Night in East Falls [photos and video]

The 6ABC mayoral debate end ...

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Jim Kenney and Anthony Hardy Williams were at Wednesday night's mayoral forum in Mt. Airy at separate times. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

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Williams’ attack ad a point of discussion at Mt. Airy mayoral forum

Four of the six Democratic mayoral candidates made their pitches to more than 100 people who attended Wednesday night’s mayoral for ...

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At a Wednesday afternoon memorial event, Mayor Michael Nutter slammed mayoral candidates who said they wouldn't retain Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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UPDATED: Nutter: Anyone who doesn’t retain Commish Ramsey ‘isn’t smart enough to run this city’ [audio]

After Tuesday night’s debate at 6ABC, mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams said that, if elected, he wouldn’t retain Phil ...

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A screengrab from Nelson Diaz's television ad. (Via YouTube)

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Nelson Diaz launches TV-ad campaign two weeks before primary [video]

With a 30-second spot called “Voices,” mayoral candidate Nelson Dia ...

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The six Democratic candidates of mayor of Philadelphia were all smiles as Tuesday night's debate. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

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Reports from the mayoral-primary season’s last televised debate (spoiler alert: it was tame)

The first televised debate saw mayoral candidate ...

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The 5th Square PAC introduces its slate of endorsed council candidates near what has become known as the 'City Hall Parking Lot' on Tuesday. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

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5th Square PAC endorses council slate, Kenney for mayor

A political-action committee which advocates “for smart policy for transportation, public space, land use and better governanceR ...

8 years ago

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NinetyNine’s Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 9

There is quite a bit to examine with exactly two weeks before Philadelphia voters go to the primary polls. So much, in fact, that ...

8 years ago

The six Democratic mayoral candidates fielded questions from WHYY's Dave Davies and the Daily News' Sandra Shea during Monday night's Next Mayor Debate. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

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Next Mayor Philly debate features feisty, funny moments

Fifteen days before Philadelphia voters decide which Democratic mayoral candidate advances to the general election, Jim Kenney found hims ...

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