Ward Leader election results - now comment free! (The Next Mayor)

The Daily News's Dave Davies seems to have had a busy night covering a number of different ward leader elections.

As I promised, I have no comment, even about the apparent participation by Philly's finest in the process up in the 43rd Ward along the east side of North Broad Street. The story ends with incumbent ward leader Tom Logan defeating challenger (and recent unsuccessful write-in candidate for state rep.) Emilio Vazquez.

So here are some of the highlights from the Daily News story:

Attorney Robert Dellavella captured the 55th Ward in Mayfair, defeating Michael Lowry, son of retiring leader Vince Lowry.

Michael Lowry works for state Rep. Michael McGeehan, a potential candidate for City Council in 2007. Dellavella said some felt Lowry was a proxy for his boss.

"I don't want anybody coming in and taking away our independence," Dellavella said last night. "We're a young, energetic team, and we want to get candidates that will bring it home for the Northeast and get us respect citywide."

In the Fifth Ward in Center City, 20-year ward leader Sam Rappaport stepped down, backing attorney Mike Boyle, Rappaport's ward chairman, to replace him.

Boyle beat realtor and insurgent candidate Marlyn Kline in an election that Boyle said "wound up being a civilized affair."

Incumbent Helen Farrell beat back a challenge in the 18th Ward in Fishtown, Kensington and North Philadelphia by City Councilman Juan Ramos. The count was 20-12, Ramos said, with most of his support coming in the Hispanic areas of the ward.

"I congratulated her, and I'm going to work with her," Ramos said last night. "At least now we have more people getting involved in the process."

In the 12th Ward in Southwest Germantown, incumbent Greg Paulmier beat committeeman Rufus Holmes. "I welcome the challenge," Paulmier said last night.

In the 22nd Ward in Mount Airy, incumbent ward leader Vernon Price defeated former ward leader, attorney Robert Vance.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any fun stories about elections being held on moving buses or trash barges or abandoned subway stops.

Comments (6)

john:

what about the republicans are they not electing ward leader also its about time you cover both not just one i heard that here were like 10 or so new republican ward leaders or so.

Posted by john | June 7, 2006 2:59 PM

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