The mayor wins, but is embarrassed by the strong showing of Milton Street. Marge Tartaglione and Frank Rizzo lose. Turnout among Democrats was less than 150,000, which means that 4 out of 5 D's sat this one out. Here is an annotated guide to results of Tuesday's primary, based on unofficial results, with about 60 divisions still to be counted. (Winners in Bold Face)
Signs of Weakness
MAYOR-DEM
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| STREET, T MILTON | DEMOCRATIC | 35,316 | 24.10 % |
| NUTTER, MICHAEL A | DEMOCRATIC | 111,235 | 75.90 % |
The surprise isn't that Nutter won, but that Milton Street got 24 percent of the vote.
He got most of those votes among black voters. His percentage share averaged in the high 30's in West Philadelphia and in the 40's in North Philadelphia.
In contrast, Street got in single digits in the liberal wards of Center City and environs and in the low teens in the Northeast.
What message does that send Nutter? It confirms what his own (and outside polls) have been telling him: black voters are pissed at the mayor. Had a more credible black candidate (say, Anthony Hardy Williams) run against him, this could have been a close call for the mayor.
La Reine Est Morte
Do you need proof that DROP was a toxic issues for the incumbents who wanted to take their big lump-sum payments and then return to office? Here it is:
Election Category: CITY COMMISSIONERS-DEM (2 Vacancies)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % Of Total Votes |
| BLOOM, WARREN | DEMOCRATIC | 19,609 | 10.39 % |
| BELL, MICHAEL EDWARD | DEMOCRATIC | 25,615 | 13.57 % |
| STATEN, IVY | DEMOCRATIC | 25,772 | 13.66 % |
| TALMADGE, BLAIR | DEMOCRATIC | 18,851 | 9.99 % |
| SINGER, STEPHANIE | DEMOCRATIC | 37,057 | 19.64 % |
| CLARK, ANTHONY | DEMOCRATIC | 31,387 | 16.63 % |
| TARTAGLIONE, MARGARET M | DEMOCRATIC | 30,407 | 16.11 % |
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Marge is ousted after 36 years as chair and it was DROP that did it. She took her $195,000 payment in 2008 and retired, took a few days off, and returned to her old job. Not good. Stephanie Singer, a math professor who also is leader of Center City's 8th Ward, sent mailers to remind voters of Marge's perfidy. It did the trick.
The Last of the Rizzos
Council at Large - Republican (2 Vacancies)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % Of Total Votes |
| UNTERMEYER, MICHAEL W | REPUBLICAN | 6,996 | 11.99 % |
| LAZIN, MALCOLM L | REPUBLICAN | 6,773 | 11.61 % |
| MCCOLGAN, JOSEPH M | REPUBLICAN | 7,855 | 13.46 % |
| OH, DAVID H | REPUBLICAN | 10,797 | 18.50 % |
| O BRIEN, DENNIS M | REPUBLICAN | 10,106 | 17.32 % |
| TAUBENBERGER, AL | REPUBLICAN | 7,211 | 12.36 % |
| RIZZO, FRANK | REPUBLICAN | 4,962 | 8.50 % |
| MONEY, ELMER H | REPUBLICAN | 1,382 | 2.37 % |
| ODABASHIAN, STEPHEN A | REPUBLICAN | 2,243 | 3.84 % |
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This is a pathetic showing for an incumbent with a magic name. For most of the primary season, Rizzo had the look of a deer caught in the headlights. He was due to collect $194,517 from DROP in December, but he said he was looking for ways not to take the money. No need to worry now. He ran seventh in a field of nine.
Toxic Tasco
DISTRICT COUNCIL 9TH DIST-DEM
97.99 % 146/149 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % Of Total Votes |
| TASCO, MARIAN B | DEMOCRATIC | 9,250 | 62.75 % |
| THOMAS, LAMONT W | DEMOCRATIC | 4,320 | 29.30 % |
| CURRY, BOBBIE T | DEMOCRATIC | 1,168 | 7.92 % |
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Marion Tasco wins, but two no-name, no-money opponents get 37 percent of the vote.
Not good for her ambitions to become the next Council President. For her, the DROP issue will not go away. She will take her $478,057 DROP payout in December. And then she is going to run for Council President in January. Are her fellow members going to install the sole remaining survivor of the DROP fiasco as their leader -- after most of them campaigned vociferously against DROP? I think not. I have to give Tasco credit, though. Her attitude towards DROP during the primary was to shrug and say, in effect: What's the big deal? She seemed oblivious to the political implications. Now she may pay the price.
Pathetic, Just Pathetic
MAYOR-REP
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| FEATHERMAN, JOHN | REPUBLICAN | 8,192 | 49.76 % |
| BROWN, KAREN | REPUBLICAN | 8,251 | 50.12 % |
| Write In |
| 19 | 0.12 % |
This race is too close to call. Only 59 votes separate Brown and Featherman. But, if you needed yet another sign of the miserable state of the Republican party in Philly this is it. Fewer than 17,000 votes cast by Republicans for a candidate for mayor. That's equal to a 13 percent turnout. Pathetic.
Brown was the endorsed candidate of the old Republicans, led by party boss Michael Meehan. It used to be they couldn't get Republicans elected to office. Now, they can't even win primaries. Even if Featherman loses he wins because of his credible showing. Even if Brown wins she loses because she reveals herself as a weak candidate.
Incumbents Rule
COUNCIL AT LARGE-DEM (5 Vacancies)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| GREENLEE, WILLIAM K | DEMOCRATIC | 54,181 | 11.59 % |
| THOMAS, ISAIAH | DEMOCRATIC | 30,990 | 6.63 % |
| JONES, MICHAEL | DEMOCRATIC | 22,825 | 4.88 % |
| REYNOLDS BROWN, BLONDELL | DEMOCRATIC | 65,069 | 13.92 % |
| COHEN, SHERRIE | DEMOCRATIC | 43,690 | 9.34 % |
| CLARK, LAWRENCE P | DEMOCRATIC | 11,432 | 2.44 % |
| PEREZ, HUMBERTO | DEMOCRATIC | 10,931 | 2.34 % |
| MANSON, JANIS E | DEMOCRATIC | 7,893 | 1.69 % |
| GREEN, BILL | DEMOCRATIC | 63,703 | 13.62 % |
| BLAKNEY, RALPH P | DEMOCRATIC | 10,273 | 2.20 % |
| KENNEY, JAMES F | DEMOCRATIC | 45,365 | 9.70 % |
| TOY, ANDREW | DEMOCRATIC | 38,752 | 8.29 % |
| NESMITH, EDWARD J | DEMOCRATIC | 16,313 | 3.49 % |
| GOODE JR, W WILSON | DEMOCRATIC | 46,152 | 9.87 % |
| Write In |
| 39 | 0.01 % |
At the end of the day, the five incumbent At-Large Council members all won re-election, though Sherrie Cohen, daughter of the late Councilman David Cohen, did give Jim Kenney a scare.
District Council Races
1ST DIST-DEM
96.55 % 168/174 Precincts Completed.
| ANASTASIO, VERN | DEMOCRATIC | 2,761 | 16.01 % |
| GRACE, JOSEPH M | DEMOCRATIC | 4,009 | 23.25 % |
| SQUILLA, MARK F | DEMOCRATIC | 7,079 | 41.06 % |
| HORNSTEIN, JEFF | DEMOCRATIC | 3,390 | 19.66 % |
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This is the seat now held by Frank DiCicco, who wisely retired after realizing how toxic the DROP issue was. Squilla won because he did exceptionally well in his base, the 39th Ward, where he got 76 percent of the vote. Grace and Hornstein split the liberal vote. Anastasio turned out to be a non-factor.
2ND DIST-DEM
97.78 % 176/180 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| GORDON, TRACEY | DEMOCRATIC | 1,555 | 9.33 % |
| CAPOZZI, BARBARA A | DEMOCRATIC | 7,363 | 44.16 % |
| ROBERTS, DAMON K | DEMOCRATIC | 319 | 1.91 % |
| JOHNSON, KENYATTA | DEMOCRATIC | 7,435 | 44.59 % |
| Write In |
| 2 | 0.01 % |
This is for the seat now held by Council President Anna Verna, another retiree. It is too close to call. Kenyatta, who is a state representative, holds a 73-vote lead over Barbara Capozzi, a South Philadelphia realtor and community activist. There are about 360 votes still to be counted.
3RD DIST-DEM
89.14 % 156/175 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| KING, TONY DPHAX | DEMOCRATIC | 127 | 1.16 % |
| BLACKWELL, JANNIE L | DEMOCRATIC | 10,769 | 98.43 % |
| Write In |
| 45 | 0.41 % |
Yawn.
4TH DIST-DEM
95.54 % 150/157 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| JONES JR, CURTIS | DEMOCRATIC | 13,557 | 99.91 % |
| Write In |
| 12 | 0.09 % |
Another incumbent, not even opposed.
5TH DIST-DEM
96.08 % 196/204 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| CLARKE, DARRELL L | DEMOCRATIC | 11,285 | 72.88 % |
| CARN, SUZANNE | DEMOCRATIC | 4,192 | 27.07 % |
| Write In |
| 7 | 0.05 % |
Carn, the wife of former state rep. Andrew Carn, did surprisingly well -- probably because of those angry voters who went for Milton Street in this district, which is centered in North Philadelphia. Clark plans to run for Council President, much to the chagrin of Mayor Nutter, who prefers Tasco.
6TH DIST-DEM
99.38 % 159/160 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| HENON, BOBBY | DEMOCRATIC | 8,143 | 65.30 % |
| BEDNAREK, MARTIN G | DEMOCRATIC | 4,325 | 34.68 % |
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An easy win for Henon, political director of IBEW Local 98, for the seat being vacated by Joan Krajewski. People will take Henon's and Squilla's victories to craft stories about The Rise of Johnny Doc, who is president of IBEW. Don't believe it. Doc is a power because (a) his union spends $1.5 million a year from its PAC and (b) Vince Fumo, who was his long-time opponent, is in federal prison.
7TH DIST-DEM
95.65 % 154/161 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| SAVAGE, DANIEL J | DEMOCRATIC | 4,592 | 39.56 % |
| SANCHEZ, MARIA QUINONES | DEMOCRATIC | 7,015 | 60.43 % |
| Write In |
| 2 | 0.02 % |
Early in the night, I thought Sanchez, the incumbent, was toast -- due mostly to low turnout in this district's Latino wards. But it was not to be. Savage, by the way, was supported by Dougherty.
8TH DIST-DEM
97.69 % 169/173 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| PAULMIER, GREG | DEMOCRATIC | 4,718 | 21.30 % |
| BASS, CINDY M | DEMOCRATIC | 8,729 | 39.40 % |
| LOFTON, ANDREW | DEMOCRATIC | 629 | 2.84 % |
| TASCO, ROBIN M | DEMOCRATIC | 711 | 3.21 % |
| TREATMAN, HOWARD | DEMOCRATIC | 2,907 | 13.12 % |
| TYNER, VERNA | DEMOCRATIC | 4104 | 18.52 % |
| DURHAM JR, WILLIAM A | DEMOCRATIC | 356 | 1.61 % |
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This is for the Donna Reed Miller seat in Northeast Philadelphia. Bass had all the party mahoffs on her side, plus experience as a legislative aide. She will be an improvement over Miller, another DROP retiree, but then so would a block of wood.
10TH DIST-REP
99.35 % 153/154 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| O NEILL, BRIAN J | REPUBLICAN | 5,165 | 99.96 % |
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10TH DIST-DEM
99.35 % 153/154 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| RUBIN, BILL | DEMOCRATIC | 6,687 | 99.91 % |
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O'Neill is the incumbent. Rubin will face him in the fall.
Row Offices
SHERIFF-DEM
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| andidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| KROMER, JOHN | DEMOCRATIC | 31168 | 26.65 % |
| WHAUMBUSH, JACQUE | DEMOCRATIC | 13763 | 11.77 % |
| WILLIAMS, JEWELL | DEMOCRATIC | 71999 | 61.56 % |
Damn. I was hoping Kromer would win because he ran on a promise that, if elected, he would abolish the Sheriff's office. But, Williams is a state legislator who had party backing. He said he plans to institute "necessary reforms" in what is probably the worst-run office in city government.
REGISTER OF WILLS-DEM
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| DONATUCCI, RONALD R | DEMOCRATIC | 90,080 | 99.94 % |
| Write In |
| 58 | 0.06 % |
With the demise of Marge, Ron now becomes the senior elected city official. He's been in this office since 1979. He is also leader of South Philly's 26th Ward.
Too Close to Call
CITY COMMISSIONERS-REP
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| DUDA, JOSEPH J | REPUBLICAN | 9290 | 35.62 % |
| DELANY, MARIE | REPUBLICAN | 7590 | 29.10 % |
| SCHMIDT, AL | REPUBLICAN | 9186 | 35.22 % |
| Write In |
| 13 | 0.05 % |
Duda is the incumbent who holds the one minority seat on the board of city commissioners. Schmidt is a leader of the anti-Meehan wing of the Republican party. He trails Duda by 104 votes, with 50 divisions still to be counted.
THE JUDGES
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-DEM (10 VACANCIES)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| KENNEDY, SEAN | DEMOCRATIC | 57,728 | 7.52 % |
| ANHALT, DIANA | DEMOCRATIC | 44,381 | 5.78 % |
| IRVINE, JONATHAN Q | DEMOCRATIC | 40,383 | 5.26 % |
| JOHNSON, VINCENT L | DEMOCRATIC | 33,896 | 4.42 % |
| FOGLIETTA, ANGELO J | DEMOCRATIC | 48,166 | 6.28 % |
| KLINE, ROBERT M | DEMOCRATIC | 24,891 | 3.24 % |
| GREY JR, DAINE | DEMOCRATIC | 19,044 | 2.48 % |
| MALLIOS JR, CHRISTOPHER | DEMOCRATIC | 22,584 | 2.94 % |
| MCDERMOTT, BARBARA A | DEMOCRATIC | 35,649 | 4.64 % |
| LEVANT, HARRY J | DEMOCRATIC | 17,016 | 2.22 % |
| COYLE, ANNE MARIE B | DEMOCRATIC | 20,197 | 2.63 % |
| MCLAUGHLIN, MARIA | DEMOCRATIC | 42,633 | 5.55 % |
| ONEILL, JOSEPH J | DEMOCRATIC | 11,718 | 1.53 % |
| DIVERGILIS, JIM | DEMOCRATIC | 7,597 | 0.99 % |
| SAWYER, STEPHANIE M | DEMOCRATIC | 20,620 | 2.69 % |
| GIUSINI, VINCE | DEMOCRATIC | 9,926 | 1.29 % |
| NICHOLS, CAROLYN H | DEMOCRATIC | 27,665 | 3.60 % |
| FANNING, MICHAEL | DEMOCRATIC | 21,879 | 2.85 % |
| OKEEFE, J SCOTT | DEMOCRATIC | 20,182 | 2.63 % |
| ALDINGER, DREW | DEMOCRATIC | 11,547 | 1.50 % |
| VIGILANTE, TED J | DEMOCRATIC | 5,836 | 0.76 % |
| GORDON JR, ROGER F | DEMOCRATIC | 23,402 | 3.05 % |
| CITRINO, KENNETH | DEMOCRATIC | 5,454 | 0.71 % |
| WRIGHT, EDWARD C | DEMOCRATIC | 28,979 | 3.78 % |
| EHRLICH, CHARLES | DEMOCRATIC | 34,052 | 4.44 % |
| WATSON, NYCOLE | DEMOCRATIC | 14,441 | 1.88 % |
| CAMPBELL, GIOVANNI O | DEMOCRATIC | 12,777 | 1.66 % |
| KING II, LEON A | DEMOCRATIC | 9,457 | 1.23 % |
| POWELL JR, KENNETH J | DEMOCRATIC | 23,270 | 3.03 % |
| COLEMAN, MARTIN S | DEMOCRATIC | 54 | 0.01 % |
| SEIGLE DICLAUDIO, MEREDITH | DEMOCRATIC | 6,115 | 0.80 % |
| NEGRO, STEPHEN J | DEMOCRATIC | 6,608 | 0.86 % |
| WATERS JR, JOSEPH C | DEMOCRATIC | 6,310 | 0.82 % |
| MULDROW, BEVERLY | DEMOCRATIC | 13,557 | 1.77 % |
| LADOV, SAYDE J | DEMOCRATIC | 22,935 | 2.99 % |
| THOMPSON, LOPEZ T | DEMOCRATIC | 5,102 | 0.66 % |
| SHIELDS, FRAN | DEMOCRATIC | 26 | 0.00 % |
| FITZPATRICK, TOM | DEMOCRATIC | 11,382 | 1.48 % |
Every judicial election, the Democratic party organization endorses a slate of candidates and every time it does one or two of the anointed lose because non-endorsed candidates buy their way onto the ballots of ward leaders willing to cut the party endorsed candidates. This year, party chair bob Brady tried a different tack: There were 10 vacancies, but the party endorsed only 8. That left all of the other candidates to jostle for the remaining positions. The winners: Vincent Johnson and Diana Anhalt, who were not party endorsed. In addition, Barbara McDermott -- also not endorsed -- won. One party endorsed candidate lost: J. Scott O'Keefe.
MUNICIPAL COURT-DEM (1 Vacancy)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| WILLIAMS, MARVIN L | DEMOCRATIC | 36,347 | 34.60 % |
| COKER, DERRICK W | DEMOCRATIC | 9,937 | 9.46 % |
| COLEMAN, MARTIN S | DEMOCRATIC | 26,351 | 25.08 % |
| SMITH, ANITA | DEMOCRATIC | 10,213 | 9.72 % |
| POWELL JR, KENNETH J | DEMOCRATIC | 53 | 0.05 % |
| JOHNSON, VINCENT L | DEMOCRATIC | 7,920 | 7.54 % |
| WATSON, NYCOLE | DEMOCRATIC | 6,267 | 5.97 % |
| SEIGLE DICLAUDIO, MEREDITH | DEMOCRATIC | 3,538 | 3.37 % |
| CITRINO, KENNETH | DEMOCRATIC | 4,406 | 4.19 % |
| Write In |
| 24 | 0.02 % |
Williams was the endorsed candidate. Now that he will be a judge and make $160,000 a year maybe Williams will pay the $6,500 in back taxes he owes the city on his home in Germantown. Just a suggestion.
TRAFFIC COURT-DEM (1 Vacancy)
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Candidate Name | Party | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| SOLOMON, CHRISTINE | DEMOCRATIC | 37,960 | 34.88 % |
| CLARK, CARLENE S | DEMOCRATIC | 16,577 | 15.23 % |
| LAWS, DONNA MARIE | DEMOCRATIC | 10,359 | 9.52 % |
| TUERK, ROBERT | DEMOCRATIC | 5,181 | 4.76 % |
| HOY, RICHARD W | DEMOCRATIC | 4,936 | 4.53 % |
| MARI JR, FREDERICK C | DEMOCRATIC | 4,820 | 4.43 % |
| AUMENT LOUGHREY, MARNIE | DEMOCRATIC | 5,847 | 5.37 % |
| HORSEY, MICHAEL | DEMOCRATIC | 5,365 | 4.93 % |
| SABIR, OMAR | DEMOCRATIC | 8,994 | 8.26 % |
| HARRIS JR, LEWIS | DEMOCRATIC | 1,651 | 1.52 % |
| ADAMS, JOHN | DEMOCRATIC | 2,355 | 2.16 % |
| FIGUEROA, JOSE A | DEMOCRATIC | 4,783 | 4.39 % |
| Write In |
| 16 | 0.01 % |
Solomon was endorsed by the party and had first ballot position. End of story.
CHARTER CHANGE QUESTION
96.44 % 1627/1687 Precincts Completed.
| Decision | Votes | % of Total Votes |
| YES | 53,897 | 62.33 % |
| NO | 32,571 | 37.67 % |
This question calls for the creation of a 17-member commission to look into ways of creating more private sector jobs. At least one public sector job will result from passage of this question. The commission plans to hire an executive director.
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