2003 Philadelphia mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2003 Philadelphia mayoral election Philadelphia presidential no 1999 Philadelphia mayoral election 1999 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election 2007 50%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 28 April 2019 22 May 2015 5 pp November 4, 2003 File:John F Street.jpg 150x150px John F. Street Democratic Party (United States) 267,230 58.34% File:Sam Katz cropped (1).jpg Sam Katz Republican Party (United States) 189,357 41.34% 260px Ward results 260px Precinct results 260px Street: #a5b0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Katz: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tie: #D2B1D9 40–50% #AE8BB1 50% Mayor John F. Street Democratic Party (United States) John F. Street Democratic Party (United States) The 2003 Philadelphia mayoral election was a contest between Democratic incumbent John F. Street and Republican businessman Sam Katz. Pennsylvania governor and former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell played a key role for Street by ensuring that business interests did not support Katz. The PA Report "Power 75" List Pennsylvania Report Capital Growth, Inc. January 31, 2003 http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20060920200116/http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf 2006-09-20 PDF ""Governor Rendell's squeezing business not to support Republican nominee, Sam Katz, will help"" dead The race was covered in the documentary film The Shame of a City. This was the last election prior to the 2019 election that saw a Republican nominee carry a ward, with Katz carrying several. Democratic primary Candidates Declared John F. Street, incumbent Mayor Results Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary, 2003 Democratic Party (United States) John F. Street 93,799 99.59% Write-in All others 387 0.41% 94,186 100.00 Mayor John Street was unopposed for renomination by the Democratic Party. Republican primary Candidates Declared Sam Katz, candidate for mayor in 1991 and 1999 Results Philadelphia Republican mayoral primary, 2003 Republican Party (US) Sam Katz 18,973 99.93 Write-in All others 14 0.07 18,987 100.00 Sam Katz was unopposed for the Republican nomination. General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersCV – certain votersV – unclear Marginof error JohnStreet (D) SamKatz (R) Other /UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 30 – November 2, 2003 621 (CV) ± 4.0% 59% 37% 4% Results Philadelphia mayoral election, 2003 Democratic Party (US) John F. Street 267,230 58.34 8.70 Republican Party (US) Sam Katz 189,357 41.34 8.28 Socialist Workers Party (US) John Staggs 1,291 0.28 0.28 457,878 Democratic Party (US) Notes References 1999 Philadelphia mayoral election2003 2007 External links Election results from the Committee of Seventy Category:2003 in Philadelphia 2003 Category:2003 Pennsylvania elections Category:2003 United States mayoral elections