2007 Philadelphia City Council election

none October 2026 related races 2007 Philadelphia municipal election November 6, 2007 2007 Philadelphia City Council election Philadelphia parliamentary no 2006 Philadelphia City Council special election 2006 2011 Philadelphia City Council election 2011 All 17 seats on the Philadelphia City Council 9 x150px Jannie Blackwell (25861819286) (1).jpg Jannie Blackwell Democratic Party (United States) 14 seats 14 14 Brian J. O'Neill01 (1).png Brian J. O'Neill Republican Party (United States) 3 seats 3 3 250px Council President Anna Verna Democratic Party (United States) Anna Verna Democratic Party (United States) The 2007 Philadelphia City Council election took place on November 6, 2007, along with the 2007 Philadelphia municipal election. The composition of the Philadelphia City Council remained unchanged from before the election, with Democrats maintaining their 14-3 majority on the council. 1st District Incumbent councilmember Frank DiCicco won reelection to a fourth term. Democratic primary Nominee Frank DiCicco, incumbent councilmember (1996–present) Eliminated in primary Vernon Anastasio Results District 1, 2007 Democratic primary2007 Primary Election Philadelphia City Commissioners https://vote.phila.gov/archive/en/2007-primary.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20260127135238/https://vote.phila.gov/archive/en/2007-primary.html January 27, 2026 October 13, 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Frank DiCicco (incumbent) 16500 68.33 Democratic Party (United States) Vernon Anastasio 7649 31.67 Democratic Party (United States) 0 0.00 24149 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Michael L. Seidenberg Results District 1, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Michael L. Seidenberg 1709 99.94 Republican Party (United States) 1 0.06 1710 100.00 General election Results District 1, 2007 general election2007 General Election Philadelphia City Commissioners https://vote.phila.gov/archive/en/2007-general.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20260127132141/https://vote.phila.gov/archive/en/2007-general.html January 27, 2026 October 13, 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Frank DiCicco (incumbent) 19632 81.52 Republican Party (United States) Michael L. Seidenberg 4443 18.45 8 0.03 24083 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 2nd District City Council President Anna Verna won reelection to a ninth term. Democratic primary Nominee Anna Verna, incumbent councilmember (1975–present) Eliminated in primary Damon K. Roberts Results District 2, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Anna Verna (incumbent) 17517 78.62 Democratic Party (United States) Damon K. Roberts 4763 21.38 Democratic Party (United States) 2 0.01 22282 100.00 Republican primary Nominee William Black Results District 2, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) William Black 808 99.75 Republican Party (United States) 2 0.25 810 100.00 General election Results District 2, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Anna Verna (incumbent) 20237 89.95 Republican Party (United States) William Black 2254 10.02 8 0.04 22499 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 3rd District Incumbent councilmember and Majority Leader Jannie Blackwell won reelection to a fifth term. Democratic primary Nominee Jannie Blackwell, incumbent councilmember (1992–present) Results District 3, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Jannie Blackwell (incumbent) 18720 99.72 Democratic Party (United States) 53 0.28 18773 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Keith A. Hairston Sr. Results District 3, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Keith A. Hairston Sr. 340 99.42 Republican Party (United States) 2 0.58 342 100.00 General election Results District 3, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Jannie Blackwell (incumbent) 20472 92.27 Republican Party (United States) Keith A. Hairston Sr. 1689 7.61 27 0.12 22188 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 4th District Incumbent councilmember Carol Campbell was defeated by Curtis Jones Jr. in the Democratic primary, amidst fallout from a campaign finance scandal. Jones won the general election to his first term in office. Democratic primary Nominee Curtis Jones Jr., CEO of the Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation Eliminated in primary Carol Campbell, incumbent councilmember (2006–present) Matthew N. McClure, real estate lawyer Alfred J. Sanford Results District 4, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Curtis Jones Jr. 9144 34.87 Democratic Party (United States) Carol Campbell (incumbent) 8674 33.08 Democratic Party (United States) Matthew N. McClure 8304 31.66 Democratic Party (United States) Alfred J. Sanford 101 0.39 Democratic Party (United States) 2 0.01 26225 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Melvin C. Johnakin Results District 4, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Melvin C. Johnakin 1159 99.91 Republican Party (United States) 1 0.09 1160 100.00 General election Results District 4, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Curtis Jones Jr. (incumbent) 22435 86.24 Republican Party (United States) Melvin C. Johnakin 3562 13.69 17 0.07 26014 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 5th District Incumbent councilmember Darrell L. Clarke won reelection to a second term. Democratic primary Nominee Darrell L. Clarke, incumbent councilmember (1999–present) Eliminated in primary Haile C. Johnston John J. Longacre Results District 5, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Darrell L. Clarke (incumbent) 16107 69.72 Democratic Party (United States) Haile C. Johnston 4548 19.69 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Longacre 2445 10.58 Democratic Party (United States) 3 0.01 23103 100.00 Republican primary Results District 5, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) 8 100.00 8 100.00 General election Results District 5, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Darrell L. Clarke (incumbent) 22169 99.81 42 0.19 22211 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 6th District Longtime incumbent Joan Krajewski won reelection to an eighth term. Democratic primary Nominee Joan Krajewski, incumbent councilmember (1980–present) Results District 6, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Joan Krajewski (incumbent) 17378 99.95 Democratic Party (United States) 8 0.05 17386 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Michael Ebsworth Results District 6, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Michael Ebsworth 2757 99.86 Republican Party (United States) 4 0.14 2761 100.00 General election Results District 6, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Joan Krajewski (incumbent) 19394 80.85 Republican Party (United States) Michael Ebsworth 4592 19.14 2 0.01 23988 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 7th District Incumbent Daniel Savage was defeated in the Democratic primary by political activist Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, who previously ran for City Council in 1999. She subsequently won the general election to her first term in office. Democratic primary Nominee Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, former deputy City Commissioner and political activist Eliminated in primary Daniel Savage, incumbent councilmember (2006–present) Marnie Aument Loughrey Results District 7, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Maria Quiñones-Sánchez 7975 52.10 Democratic Party (United States) Daniel Savage (incumbent) 6295 41.12 Democratic Party (United States) Marnie Aument Loughrey 1035 6.76 Democratic Party (United States) 3 0.02 15308 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Gary Grisafi Results District 7, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Gary Grisafi 855 99.88 Republican Party (United States) 1 0.12 856 100.00 General election Results District 7, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Maria Quiñones-Sánchez 11571 78.00 Republican Party (United States) Gary Grisafi 3187 21.48 Independent Luis A. Pineda 73 0.49 3 0.02 14834 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 8th District Incumbent Donna Reed Miller won a crowded Democratic primary and the general election for a fourth term in office. Democratic primary Nominee Donna Reed Miller, incumbent councilmember (1996–present) Eliminated in primary Irv Ackelsberg Cindy Bass, senior policy advisor to U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah Maurice J. Houston Greg Paulmier Results District 8, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Donna Reed Miller (incumbent) 9735 31.58 Democratic Party (United States) Cindy Bass 8170 26.50 Democratic Party (United States) Irv Ackelsberg 7783 25.24 Democratic Party (United States) Greg Paulmier 5106 16.56 Democratic Party (United States) Maurice J. Houston 33 0.11 Democratic Party (United States) 4 0.01 30831 100.00 Republican primary Results District 8, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) 5 100.00 5 100.00 General election Results District 8, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Donna Reed Miller (incumbent) 21131 75.27 Vote Jesse Brown Jesse W. Brown Jr. 5223 18.60 Green Party (United States) Brian Rudnick 1126 4.01 Independent James Foster 590 2.10 5 0.02 28075 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 9th District Incumbent councilmember Marian B. Tasco won reelection to a sixth term. Democratic primary Nominee Marian B. Tasco, incumbent councilmember (1988–present) Eliminated in primary Cecil A. Hankins Sr. Raymond T. Jones Jr. Lamont Thomas Results District 9, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Marian B. Tasco (incumbent) 17594 71.90 Democratic Party (United States) Cecil A. Hankins Sr. 2911 11.90 Democratic Party (United States) Raymond T. Jones Jr. 2715 11.09 Democratic Party (United States) Lamont Thomas 1249 5.10 Democratic Party (United States) 2 0.01 24471 100.00 Republican primary Results District 9, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) 6 100.00 6 100.00 General election Results District 9, 2007 general election Democratic Party (United States) Marian B. Tasco (incumbent) 22594 99.95 11 0.05 22605 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) 10th District Longtime incumbent councilmember and Minority Leader Brian J. O'Neill won reelection to an eighth term. Democratic primary Nominee Sean Patrick McAleer Results District 10, 2007 Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Sean Patrick McAleer 14365 99.97 Democratic Party (United States) 5 0.03 14370 100.00 Republican primary Nominee Brian J. O'Neill, incumbent councilmember (1980–present) Results District 10, 2007 Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 5562 99.98 Republican Party (United States) 1 0.02 5563 100.00 General election Results District 10, 2007 general election Republican Party (United States) Brian J. O'Neill (incumbent) 18129 58.20 Democratic Party (United States) Sean Patrick McAleer 13018 41.79 2 0.01 31149 100.00 Republican Party (United States) At-Large Seats Democratic primary Results Philadelphia City Council At-Large, 2007 Democratic primaryVote for 5 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Kenney (incumbent) 95389 13.44 Democratic Party (United States) W. Wilson Goode Jr. (incumbent) 79798 11.24 Democratic Party (United States) William K. Greenlee (incumbent) 63563 8.96 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Green IV 62252 8.77 Democratic Party (United States) Blondell Reynolds Brown (incumbent) 51846 7.31 Democratic Party (United States) Sharif Street 47879 6.75 Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Ramos 47343 6.67 Democratic Party (United States) Juan F. Ramos (incumbent) 44205 6.23 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Toy 41654 5.87 Democratic Party (United States) Derek S. Green 30745 4.33 Democratic Party (United States) Marc Stier 25078 3.53 Democratic Party (United States) Matt Ruben 19946 2.81 Democratic Party (United States) Wilson Alexander 19807 2.79 Democratic Party (United States) Caryn Hunt 18723 2.64 Democratic Party (United States) Harry Massele 17102 2.41 Democratic Party (United States) Michael K. Ellis 15254 2.15 Democratic Party (United States) Milton Street 10468 1.47 Democratic Party (United States) Maceo Cummings 9577 1.35 Democratic Party (United States) Rodney Little 9029 1.27 62 0.01 709720 100.00 Republican primary Results Philadelphia Council At-Large, 2007 Republican primaryVote for 5 Republican Party (United States) Frank Rizzo Jr. (incumbent) 15451 26.94 Republican Party (United States) Jack Kelly (incumbent) 13264 23.13 Republican Party (United States) David Oh 10230 17.84 Republican Party (United States) Patricia A. Mattern 9214 16.07 Republican Party (United States) Phil Kerwick 9166 15.98 27 0.05 57352 100.00 General election Results Philadelphia Council At-Large, 2007 General electionVote for 5 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Green IV 165796 15.96 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Kenney (incumbent) 165764 15.96 Democratic Party (United States) W. Wilson Goode Jr. (incumbent) 160531 15.46 Democratic Party (United States) Blondell Reynolds Brown (incumbent) 148236 14.27 Democratic Party (United States) William K. Greenlee (incumbent) 135419 13.04 Republican Party (United States) Frank Rizzo Jr. (incumbent) 76937 7.41 Republican Party (United States) Jack Kelly (incumbent) 61239 5.90 Republican Party (United States) David Oh 61117 5.88 Republican Party (United States) Patricia A. Mattern 28729 2.77 Republican Party (United States) Phil Kerwick 26362 2.54 Green Party (United States) Jacinth Brown Roberts 6043 0.58 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Osborne Hart 2284 0.22 65 0.01 1038522 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Category:2007 United States local elections Category:2007 Pennsylvania elections Category:Philadelphia City Council elections