A city official for nearly 30 years, John F. Street was fond of saying that he never lost an election.
Now he has.
On last Tuesday’s primary ballot, Philadelphia’s former mayor was one of 12 candidates from the First Congressional District vying to be elected as delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August.
Under Democratic Party rules, the district can send just seven delegates to the convention, which will be in Denver.
Officially, those seven may not be confirmed for weeks.
But what’s known now is that at least five of them will be supporters of Barack Obama, based on somewhat complicated arithmetic related to the percentage of the district voting for Obama.
What’s not complicated is that there’s no chance Street will be headed out West this summer.
For one thing, Street ran as a Hillary Rodham Clinton cdelegate in a district heavily backing Obama.
For another, he received 18,980 votes - fewer than any of his 11 competitors.
Translation: Street hasn't grown any more popular out of office than when he was in.
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