Redistricting Jockeying, Petitions Begin
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POLS on the STREET BY JOE SHAEELI T’S OFFICIAL: The race is on. And sometimes, smaller races have bigger impacts. Petitions started in circulation on Tuesday for all state legislative races. In Philadelphia, among the most intriguing are three state-rep races: in Northeast Philly’s 177th, North Philly’s 181st and South Philly’s 184th.
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Representative
Vanessa Lowery Brown 190th Legislative District
No state legislative boundaries are affected by the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikedown of our Commonwealth’s congressional districts. That means every incumbent and challenger at the state level knows where they will be running in the May primary. In Philadelphia, most initial action is swarming around the seats of three senior state representatives who appear to be signing out. All have health issues that are common among senior citizens. In Mayfair and Bridesburg’s 177th Legislative Dist., retiring State Rep. John Taylor (R-Northeast) will be replaced on the Republican ballot by Port Richmond’s longtime civil servant, Patty-Pat Kozlowski, a bipartisan moderate. If any Republican can hang onto an inner-city Republican district anywhere in America, Kozlo-
wski has the chops. Democrat Joe Hohenstein, who challenged Taylor in the last election, is going for the Democratic nomination again. This year, he is facing stiff opposition from numerous other Democrats, who smell an opportunity to win this largely working-class white neighborhood. In 2017, Hohenstein raised just under $65,000 from over 140 individual donors. By contrast, his next closest competitor Sean Kilkenny raised just over $50,000 from only three individual donors and 10 PACs. The Hohenstein campaign also held the opening of its first campaign office in Frankford this past Saturday. In Lower North Philadelphia’s 181st District, all indications are that incumbent State Rep. Curtis Thomas, Jr. will wrap up his career this year.
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U.S. congressional races remain up in the air as of today, but everyone expects the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will entertain redistricting map submissions from General Assembly Republicans, General Assembly Democrats, Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. Mike Stack – and then promulgate their own version, which will blur the three Democratic views of fairness with the one Republican view of fairness – just enough to leave no sound grounds for Scarnati et al. to file a sustainable legal appeal. StateRepresentative Representative State
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State Races Clarify; Congress Bubbles
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fice and has shown significant results within a short time period. I’m honored to provide her with the Ward endorsement and I am looking forward to her continuing to serve the residents of the 192nd,” said Brady.
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Three candidates have been floated in that district. Laborers’ District Council, HQ’ed in that district, endorsed a candidate after we went to press; we’ll update online. In Whitman’s 184th District, State Rep. Bill Keller’s (D-S. Phila.) long run appears to be over. Journalist Leslie Fiedler has launched a vigorous signature campaign, the first step to getting on the ballot. In West Philadelphia’s 192nd District, freshman State Rep. Morgan Cephas kicked off her re-election campaign despite the absence of perceptible opposition. 52nd Ward Chair Steven Jones was first to announce an endorsement. Congressman Bob Brady (D-Phila.), 34th Ward leader, and Sonny Campbell, 4th Ward leader, joined in. “Morgan just ended a very strong first year in of-
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Councilman
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Representative
Angel Cruz
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So congressional candidates across the state will know by next Thursday exactly where they are running. State Sen. Vincent J. Hughes (D-W. Phila.) wrote the governor that the new districts must adhere to the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “Recent statements and actions from the majority parties in the General Assembly have raised alarms,” Hughes said. The Voting Rights Act dictates how districts with a majority of minority voters should be drawn. Hughes pointed out that the 2011 maps included two majority-minority districts. He said Pennsylvania’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts were majority-minority districts and they must remain so in new maps. Meanwhile, regardless of next week’s new boundaries, Philadelphians Nina (Cont. Next Page)
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City Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker 9th District
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