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The next mayor of Philadelphia will be Cherelle Parker. The Democrat defeated David Oh in the general election and will be the first woman to hold the office.
Cherelle Parker will be Philadelphia's 100th mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Parker won the city's mayoral general election, CBS News projects Tuesday night.
Philadelphia polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. By 8:30 p.m., the Philadelphia Inquirer declared Democrat Cherelle Parker won the mayoral election. Parker defeated Republican David Oh, a Korean American who was vying to become the city’s first Republican mayor since before the thermonuclear bomb was tested. Parker will become the city’s first female mayor. It was yet another quick and embarrassing defeat for the city’s Republican Party, an organization that really exists in name only and has no meaningful impact on the party’s politics.
Former City Council member Cherelle Parker is projected to become the first female mayor in Philadelphia’s history, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. Parker will defeat Republican David Oh, another former City Council member, in the reliably Democratic city to become its 100th mayor, succeeding term-limited incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney (D). Parker will also become Philadelphia’s fourth Black mayor. Philadelphians have…
The 51-year-old Democrat is the first woman to hold the post.