2011 Philadelphia mayoral election

none January 2025 July 2020 related races 2011 Philadelphia municipal election 2011 Philadelphia mayoral election Philadelphia presidential no 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election 2007 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election 2015 November 8, 2011 File:Michael Nutter (cropped).jpg 150x150px Michael Nutter Democratic Party (United States) 136,532 74.73% 3x4.svg Karen Brown Republican Party (United States) 39,597 21.67% 260px Ward results 260px Precinct results 260px Nutter: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Brown: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Tie: #D2B1D9 40–50% 20%Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way Denvir Daniel https://www.citylab.com/equity/2015/05/mayoral-election-voting-turnout/393737/#disqus_thread City Lab April 28, 2019 May 22, 2015 9 pp Mayor Michael Nutter Democratic Party (United States) Michael Nutter Democratic Party (United States) The 2011 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent Michael Nutter had been Mayor of Philadelphia since 2008 after being elected in the 2007 election, and was re-elected with approximately 75% of the vote. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2011. Democratic primary On December 22, 2010, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter officially announced that he would seek re-election.Dunn, Mike "Nutter Announces He’ll Run For Re-Election", "CBS Philly", December 22, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011. With the backing of health unions MacDonald, Tom "Health union back Nutter's re-election" https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233141/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/18682-03tmendorse July 21, 2011 , "NewsWorks.org", May 3, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. and the Black Clergy,Odom, Vernon. "Black Clergy endorses Nutter's bid for reelection", "6abc.com", February 7, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. Nutter was favored by a wide margin to win re-election. His only challenger in the primaries was Milton Street, brother of former Mayor John F. Street, who announced his bid on February 17, 2011. Having spent time in federal prison for tax evasion, he described his plans to work toward finding jobs for convicts after their release.Gelbart, Marcia and Miriam Hill "Knox says he may run in mayoral primary; T. Milton Street Sr. announces candidacy", "Philly.com", February 17, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011 John Street told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Nutter was "not a black mayor ... just a mayor with dark skin." Nutter said those comments were ignorant and said "I don't think anyone ever asked Ed Rendell was he white enough."http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Philly-Mayor-Facing-Unexpected-Primary-Challenge-121864254.html Philly Mayor Facing Unexpected Primary Challenge Nutter had been criticized for "stop and frisk" policies and service cuts.http://newamericamedia.org/2011/11/on-election-eve-philly-mayor-talks-tough-on-crime-race.php On Election Eve Philly Mayor Talks Tough on Crime, Race - New America Media November 4, 2011 November 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111106173634/http://newamericamedia.org/2011/11/on-election-eve-philly-mayor-talks-tough-on-crime-race.php usurped Candidates Declared Michael Nutter, incumbent Mayor of Philadelphia Milton Street, former Pennsylvania State Senator Results thumb|Democratic primary results by ward #7996E2 Nutter #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90% #0D0596 90%–100% |center Democratic primary resultshttps://vote.phila.gov/resources-data/past-election-results/ Past Election Results - 2011 Primary Philadelphia City Commissioners July 18, 2024 Michael Nutter (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 113,484 75.90 Milton Street Democratic Party (United States) 36,030 24.10 149,514 100.00 Results by ward WardNutterStreetTotal votes#%#%11,61685.32%27814.68%1,89423,00088.76%38011.24%3,38031,68768.00%79432.00%2,48141,57866.81%78433.19%2,36253,46293.27%2506.73%3,712683559.77%56240.23%1,397756773.16%20826.84%77583,89294.21%2395.79%4,13193,14892.43%2587.57%3,406102,71171.02%1,10628.98%3,8171183854.84%69045.16%1,528122,01667.74%96032.26%2,976131,60660.79%1,03639.21%2,6421454359.74%36640.26%909152,31389.48%27210.52%2,5851675253.41%65646.59%1,408172,27069.19%1,01130.81%3,281181,04282.37%22317.63%1,2651950965.68%26634.32%7752051165.18%27334.82%784213,83487.55%54512.45%4,379223,94981.93%87118.07%4,820231,12869.08%50530.92%1,6332481366.48%41033.52%1,2232583478.53%22821.47%1,062261,95090.45%2069.55%2,1562776778.35%21221.65%9792878952.88%70347.12%1,4922982760.81%53339.19%1,360301,82584.57%33315.43%2,1583197788.58%12611.42%1,103321,06052.58%95647.42%2,0163366367.93%31332.07%976343,19868.95%1,44031.05%4,638351,34673.07%49626.93%1,842362,11161.38%1,32838.62%3,4393775356.83%57243.17%1,325381,72574.77%58225.23%2,307393,75786.09%60713.91%4,364402,57866.51%1,29833.49%3,876411,42383.17%28816.83%1,711421,03065.19%55034.81%1,5804389459.21%61640.79%1,5104490865.04%48834.96%1,396451,15583.39%23016.61%1,385462,06177.71%59122.29%2,6524735455.40%28544.60%639481,09464.81%59435.19%1,688491,61364.16%90135.84%2,514503,77675.11%1,25124.89%5,027511,55665.88%80634.12%2,362523,05477.69%87722.31%3,931531,08080.18%26719.82%1,3475484380.59%20319.41%1,046551,89986.79%28913.21%2,188562,54588.06%34511.94%2,890571,80986.43%28413.57%2,093582,50086.42%39313.58%2,893592,28371.88%89328.12%3,176601,41066.67%70533.33%2,115611,69866.82%84333.18%2,541621,35775.89%43124.11%1,788631,71588.27%22811.73%1,943641,15287.01%17212.99%1,324652,01687.35%29212.65%2,308662,47988.19%33211.81%2,811 Republican primary The Republican primary election saw two candidate vying for office. Real estate agent John Featherman (not to be confused with John Fetterman) filed in June 2010 to become eligible for the election so that he could fight against increasing taxes and to create a more "business-friendly climate" in the city.Hill, Miriam "Republican real estate agent John Featherman files for 2011 Philly mayoral election", June 16, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011. In March 2011, former Democrat Karen Brown announced her bid to run as a Republican in the upcoming mayoral election."Karen Brown Seeking Mayor As Republican", "My Fox Philly", March 5, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. Though she had numerous ties to the city Democratic party, she won the backing of the city Republican party at an event in late March.Waring, Tom. "GOP ward leaders back Brown for mayor", "Philly.com", March 31, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. Candidates Declared Karen Brown, former teacher and Democratic ward committeewoman John Featherman, real estate agent Results thumb|Republican primary results by ward #E27F7F Brown #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #FFB380 Featherman #FFB380 50%–60% #FF9955 60%–70% #FF7F2A 70%–80% #BDBDBD Tie #BDBDBD Tie |center Republican primary resultshttps://vote.phila.gov/resources-data/past-election-results/ Past Election Results - 2011 Primary Philadelphia City Commissioners July 18, 2024 Karen Brown Republican Party (United States) 8,369 50.19 John Featherman Republican Party (United States) 8,305 49.81 16,674 100.00 Results by ward WardBrownFeathermanTotal votes#%#%113072.22%5027.78%18029032.26%18967.74%27931450.00%1450.00%2841760.71%1139.29%2858822.80%29877.20%38661052.63%947.37%1972336.51%4063.49%63811428.64%28471.36%39897427.51%19572.49%269101043.48%1356.52%23113360.00%2240.00%55121643.24%2156.76%37131539.47%2360.53%3814825.81%2374.19%31156936.13%12263.87%19116323.08%1076.92%13171438.89%2261.11%361811464.77%6235.23%17619637.50%1062.50%1620960.00%640.00%152131437.70%51962.30%833223739.78%5660.22%932311253.08%9946.92%211242357.50%1742.50%402534771.84%13628.16%4832638569.87%16630.13%551271722.67%5877.33%7528444.44%555.56%929930.00%2170.00%30302824.78%8575.22%1133121765.36%11534.64%332321758.62%1241.38%29335342.40%7257.60%125342829.79%6670.21%943518848.70%19851.30%386366164.21%3435.79%95371147.83%1252.17%23382829.17%6870.83%963926859.96%17940.04%447405340.15%7959.85%1324119053.07%16846.93%358425353.54%4646.46%99431748.57%1851.43%35442565.79%1334.21%384543969.13%19630.87%635462539.68%3860.32%6347960.00%640.00%15485944.70%7355.30%132491544.12%1955.88%34501858.06%1341.94%31513066.67%1533.33%45524240.78%6159.22%1035312241.08%17558.92%297543643.90%4656.10%825543554.51%36345.49%7985634249.07%35550.93%6975738345.92%45154.08%8345859248.09%63951.91%1,231591731.48%3768.52%54601967.86%932.14%28614742.73%6357.27%1106210043.86%12856.14%2286363855.14%51944.86%1,1576435150.80%34049.20%6916523344.81%28755.19%520661,07557.15%80642.85%1,881 General election Polling The general election was held on November 8, 2011. With all but one precinct reporting, Nutter received 74.69% of the vote.http://phillyelectionresults.com/ Philadelphia County - November 8, 2011 Municipal General and Special Election Unofficial Results February 11, 2012 Nutter's approval rating in February 2011 was 50%,https://edisk.fandm.edu/FLI/keystone/pdf/keyfeb11_1.pdf Archived copy edisk.fandm.edu 22 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120415091919/https://edisk.fandm.edu/FLI/keystone/pdf/keyfeb11_1.pdf 15 April 2012 dead and in March 2011 was 52%.http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Philadelphia_Research_Initiative/Philadelphia-Poll-Residents.pdf Archived copy November 4, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110703131653/http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Philadelphia_Research_Initiative/Philadelphia-Poll-Residents.pdf July 3, 2011 A hypothetical matchup poll conducted by the Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group between Nutter and Brown showed Nutter leading with 74%.Martinez, Vanessa. "Nutter outshines Street and Brown in favorability poll" https://web.archive.org/web/20110611012442/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/the-feed/item/21233-nutter-outshines-street-and-brown-in-favorability-poll June 11, 2011 , "newsworks.org", June 8, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011.Middleberg, Geoffrey. "Poll Shows Mayor Nutter Strong Against Potential Rival", "Politics PA", June 9, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011. Results Philadelphia mayoral election, 2011https://vote.phila.gov/resources-data/past-election-results/ Past Election Results - 2011 General Philadelphia City Commissioners July 18, 2024 Democratic Party (United States) Michael Nutter (incumbent) 136,532 74.73 -8.6 Republican Party (United States) Karen Brown 39,597 21.67 +4.4 Independent (politician) Wali Rahman 6,580 3.60 N/A 182,709 Democratic Party (United States) Results by ward WardMichael Nutter DemocraticKaren Brown RepublicanWali Rahman IndependentTotal votes#%#%#%11,66668.79%71129.36%451.86%2,42222,66779.71%59217.69%872.60%3,34632,46485.47%29310.16%1264.37%2,88342,10483.79%26110.39%1465.81%2,51153,88784.83%59713.03%982.14%4,58261,37580.69%19211.27%1378.04%1,704771381.67%14616.72%141.60%87384,40585.07%67413.02%991.91%5,17893,08786.08%40011.15%992.76%3,586103,66586.93%3458.18%2064.89%4,216111,46283.93%18710.73%935.34%1,742122,31382.93%28510.22%1916.85%2,789132,16783.00%27110.38%1736.63%2,6111480484.81%10010.55%444.64%948152,55384.90%38312.74%712.36%3,007161,16281.95%16311.50%936.56%1,418172,85684.37%35210.40%1775.23%3,385181,01769.00%42428.77%332.24%1,4741977089.12%768.80%182.08%8642070084.95%819.83%435.22%824214,27170.29%1,69327.86%1121.84%6,076224,12487.48%3878.21%2034.31%4,714231,41073.78%44023.02%613.19%1,911241,14080.91%18713.27%825.82%1,4092573552.39%64245.76%261.85%1,403261,36251.63%1,25947.73%170.64%2,638271,10180.90%16712.27%936.83%1,361281,23884.05%1459.84%906.11%1,473291,25584.12%17211.53%654.36%1,492301,96485.91%23310.19%893.89%2,2863198760.59%59736.65%452.76%1,629321,75380.34%26312.05%1667.61%2,1823362364.36%32033.06%252.58%968344,18180.37%72213.88%2995.75%5,202351,78167.98%76529.20%742.82%2,620362,76278.53%54015.35%2156.11%3,517371,12683.78%13910.34%795.88%1,344382,23784.00%33712.65%893.34%2,663393,15060.50%1,99638.33%611.17%5,207403,41381.18%60114.30%1904.52%4,204411,40062.36%80135.68%441.96%2,245421,31878.92%29117.43%613.65%1,670431,19383.48%15410.78%825.74%1,429441,35683.76%1579.70%1066.55%1,619451,06450.02%1,02948.38%341.60%2,127462,57883.13%2788.96%2457.90%3,1014755081.00%8212.08%476.92%679481,35671.82%46124.42%713.76%1,888492,39083.62%30310.60%1655.77%2,858504,71886.94%4728.70%2374.37%5,427512,29083.24%28710.43%1746.32%2,751523,97286.31%4329.39%1984.30%4,602531,31066.26%62131.41%462.33%1,9775484069.59%33227.51%352.90%1,207551,82356.06%1,38742.65%421.29%3,252562,86163.56%1,58535.21%551.22%4,501572,05855.31%1,61343.35%501.34%3,721583,44757.10%2,52341.79%671.11%6,037592,55683.86%2819.22%2116.92%3,048602,06684.85%2209.03%1496.12%2,435612,30980.40%39713.82%1665.78%2,872621,37069.02%56828.61%472.37%1,985632,52557.74%1,80641.30%420.96%4,373641,23652.24%1,10146.53%291.23%2,366652,02761.74%1,21436.98%421.28%3,283663,46952.61%3,06446.47%610.93%6,594 References 2 External links Philadelphia The Committee of 70 Elections Page 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election2011 2015 Category:2011 in Philadelphia Category:2011 Pennsylvania elections Philadelphia 2011 Category:November 2011 in the United States