Politics & Government

Primary Day is Tomorrow: A Guide to What You Need to Know

Polling locations, who's running and more.

Primary day is Tuesday, and voters will head to the polls to choose the people who will run in November's general election.

Primaries in races for mayor, sheriff, city commissioner and register of wills are happening. Voters will also select judges for state Commonwealth Court, state Superior Court, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Municipal Court and Philadelphia Traffic Court.

Here's a breakdown of who's running (information courtesy Committee of Seventy; you can find a full breakdown on this election's procedures on its website):

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Fourth District Council: Curtis Jones Jr. (Democrat).

Mayor (vote for one): Michael Nutter, T. Milton Street (Democrats);  John Featherman, Karen Brown (Republicans).

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City Council at-Large (vote for five): Ralph Blakney, Lawrence Clark, Sherrie Cohen, Bill Green, William Greenlee, W. Wilson Goode Jr., Michael Jones, James Kenney, Janis Manson, Edward Nesmith, Humberto Perez, Blondell Reynolds Brown, Isaiah Thomas, Andy Toy (Democrats); Malcolm Lazin, Joe McColgan, Elmer Money, David Oh, Dennis O'Brien, Steve Odabashian, Frank Rizzo Jr., Al Taubenberger, Michael Untermeyer (Republicans).

City Commissioner (vote for two): Michael Edward Bell, Warren Bloom, Anthony Clark, Stephanie Singer, Ivy Staten, Bernard Talmadge, Margaret Tartaglione (Democrats); Marie Delaney, Joseph Duda, Al Schmidt (Republicans).

Sheriff (vote for one): John Kromer, Jacque Whaumbush, Jewell Williams (Democrats); Joshua West (Republican).

Register of Wills (vote for one): Ronald Donatucci (Democrat); Linda Bateman (Republican).

For information on the judicial elections, click here for a sample ballot.

There are also a variety of polling locations throughout Roxborough and Manayunk—take a look at the documents to the right to see them. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.:


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