[Amusing edit: That would be JESUS White, not Jesse White. Josh apologizes for failing to get a reletively memorable name correct. -- Wendy]
Just to get it on the record:
Michael Nutter turned in 13,000 nominating petitions and was the first to file
Dwight Evans turned in 17,000 and has a picture on his Web site
Tom Knox turned in 10,000 and said, “With the help of the 10,000 Philadelphians who are supporting my candidacy, we will take the ‘for sale” sign off City Hall and put an end to the pay-to-play politics that are all too common in our city.”
I don't have numbers for Chaka Fattah and Bob Brady yet.
Also filing were Queena Bass and Minister Jesse White (those last two are according to the excellent work of Josh Cornfield at Metro and his blog, Fight for Room 215.)
Al Taubenberger, as expected, filed as a Republican.
Candidates for the major party primaries had to file petitions with at least 1,000 signatures from qualified electors to be considered for the ballot. Now comes the time when signatures get challenged. We'll keep you posted.
Comments (4)
Bob Brady has filed over 24,000 signatures
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March 7, 2007 8:32 AM
I am surprised that Brady and Evans led the way in terms of signatures. Fattah was way down the list.
Posted by SJ | March 7, 2007 9:19 AM
I saw that Nutter is closer to 14,000 signatures
Posted by Kevin | March 7, 2007 10:09 AM
Petitions are viewed (rightly)as an indication of community support. The focus seems to be exclusively on how many signatures a candidate gets.
However, a much better indicator is how many circulators. How many citizens were wiling to get 25-100 signatures from their friends and neighbors?? That's a much better indicator of community support.
Posted by karen | March 8, 2007 10:29 PM