![]() Unlike in the Philadelphia mayor’s race, the primary winner will not necessarily be the person most likely to fill the county executive’s seat. In another race Tuesday, Voters in Allegheny County, which encompasses the state’s second largest city of Pittsburgh, picked sitting state lawmaker Sara Innamorato as their Democratic nominee to face the lone Republican contender, Joseph Rockey, in the November general election. ![]() She was also backed by the Building Trades Council, an influential coalition of construction-related unions, and a number of Democratic wards in the city, and Kenney said he had cast his ballot for her. She received support from members of the Philadelphia delegation in the House, as well as members of Congress. Parker pushed for officers to use every legal tool, including stopping someone when they have “just cause and reasonable suspicion.” Parker pledged to “stop the sense of lawlessness that is plaguing our city” by putting hundreds more officers on the street to engage in community policing. The results have sometimes been tumultuous in other parts of the country, leading to the defeat of the incumbent mayor of Chicago in February and the ouster of San Francisco’s district attorney last year. The Philadelphia race serves as the latest barometer of how residents of some of the nation’s largest cities hope to emerge from the pandemic, which heightened concerns about crime, poverty and inequality. ![]() In many of those wards, she garnered more than 50% of the vote, reaching 70% in West Oak Lane and East Mount Airy. North, West, Southwest and parts of Northwest Philadelphia were integral to Parker’s victory. Real estate broker and former council member Allan Domb (12%) and grocer Jeff Brown (9%) trailed the three women. With nearly 90% of the vote counted early Wednesday, Parker, with 33% of the tally, held an advantage of more than 20,000 votes over former City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (23%) and Gym (21%). Parker, of Mount Airy, emerged from a crowded field of five front-runner Democratic candidates vying to replace Democrat Jim Kenney, who is term-limited.
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