Philadelphia: Kendra Brooks Made History in the Election!
For the first time in 70 years, a third-Party Candidate was elected to the City Council in Philadelphia.
Kendra Brooks of the Working Families Party just won a seat that has long been Republican.
Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks held an insurmountable lead of 10,000 votes over her nearest rival, according to unofficial election returns. The insurgent third-party candidate, who campaigned on ousting Republicans from City Hall, declared victory just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday night
With nearly 95% of votes tallied, the five Democratic nominees clinched the remaining at-large seats, with the five highest vote totals. Two of Council’s seven at-large seats are reserved for candidates from a minority political party — and it was that bottom-ticket contest that proved the most competitive on Tuesday’s ballot.
Brooks was endorsed by the “wildly popular” Helen Gym.
