Candidates Declared •
Lynne Abraham, former
District Attorney of Philadelphia •
Nelson Diaz, former City Solicitor and former Common Pleas judge •
James F. Kenney, former
Philadelphia City Councilman • Doug Oliver, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications at
Philadelphia Gas Works and former press secretary for Mayor Nutter •
Milton Street, former State Senator and candidate for Mayor in
2011 Withdrew • Jon Bell • Terry Gillen, former Philadelphia Director of Federal Affairs and former executive director of the
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority • Keith Goodman, pastor and candidate for
Chester City Council in 2005 •
Ken Trujillo, former City Solicitor
Declined •
Alan Butkovitz, Philadelphia City
Controller •
Darrell L. Clarke,
Philadelphia City Council President •
Dwight E. Evans, State Representative, candidate for
lieutenant governor in
1986, candidate for Governor in
1994 and candidate for Mayor in
1999 and
2007 •
Bill Green, former Philadelphia City Councilman and chair of the Philadelphia
School Reform Commission • Renée Cardwell Hughes, chief executive officer of the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Red Cross and former
Common Pleas judge • Kevin R. Johnson, Philadelphia clergyman and pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church •
Sam Katz, businessman, public finance executive and Republican nominee for Mayor in
1999 and
2003 •
Tom Knox, businessman, candidate for Mayor
in 2007 and candidate for Governor in
2010 • Alba Martinez, former city Human Services Commissioner and former CEO of the
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania • Richard Negrin, Philadelphia Managing Director •
Frank L. Rizzo, Jr., former Republican Philadelphia City Councilman (running for the City Council) •
Jonathan Saidel, former Philadelphia City
Controller •
R. Seth Williams,
District Attorney of Philadelphia Polling • * Internal poll for the Alan Butkovitz campaign • * AFSCME poll for the James Kenney campaign. • * Public Policy Polling poll for the James Kenney campaign.
Results Results by ward == Republican primary ==