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unusual facts about Philadelphia City Council



Philadelphia mayoral election, 2007

The Democratic Party primary campaign saw two well-known, well-funded Philadelphia congressmenBob Brady and Chaka Fattah – eclipsed by self-funding businessman Tom Knox and reformist former Philadelphia City Council member Nutter, who won by a surprisingly large margin in the primary election on May 15.


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Castor Gardens, Philadelphia

It is represented in Congress by Bob Brady and Allyson Schwartz, in the Philadelphia City Council by Maria QuiƱones-Sanchez and Bobby Henon, in the Pennsylvania State Senate by Mike Stack and Christine Tartaglione, and in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Mark B. Cohen and John Sabatina.

Ethel D. Allen

She often encouraged African-Americans and women to seek political office; indeed, her friend Augusta Clark would later become the second African-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, eventually becoming the Democratic Majority Whip.