The Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor has become a battle between progressives and moderates, with no clear front-runner in sight.
Philadelphia’s Democratic City Committee — which, in a deeply blue city, can have significant influence — won't back a candidate. That's left the choice with the committee's dozens of independent wards, which aren't united in their endorsements. Other Democratic factions, meanwhile, are all over the map.
A number of trade and labor unions, which helped propel Kenney when he first ran for mayor, have coalesced behind Parker. Kenney himself said he cast a ballot for Parker during early voting. Meanwhile, the city’s local police union is backing grocery business owner and political outsider Jeff Brown, and the teachers union wants Gym.
"The candidates are more or less aligned on most important issues of the day,” said Mark Nevins, a political consultant for The Dover Group. “Really, you’re looking at who has the ability to create a coalition of voters from different parts of the city ... that will put them over the top.” “It was a kiss of death for a Democratic candidate in a Democratic city to be associated with Republicans in some way,” he said.
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