2023 Primary Mock Election Results

(The following results are from 232 students from five schools in Pennsylvania, with mock elections conducted between May 1 - May 10. The results are presented for statewide and Philadelphia city-wide races.)

Citywide Ballot Questions, Philadelphia

Ballot Question #1 - Should The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to expand the requirements for annual minimum appropriations to the Budget Stabilization Reserve, more commonly known as the “rainy day fund”?

• YES - 75%

• NO - 25%

Ballot Question #2 - Should The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create the Division of Workforce Solutions within the Department of Commerce and to define its duties?

• YES - 87%

• NO - 13%

Ballot Question #3 - Should The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to make employees of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission exempt from civil service hiring requirements?

• YES - 39%

• NO - 61%

Ballot Question #4 - Should The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create the Office of the Chief Public Safety Director and to define its powers, duties and responsibilities?

• YES - 76%

• NO - 24%

Democratic Party

Justice of the Supreme Court

• DANIEL MCCAFFERY - 53%

• DEBBIE KUNSELMAN - 46%

Judge of the Superior Court

• TIMIKA LANE - 52%

• JILL BECK - 38%

• PAT DUGAN - 18%

Judge of the Commonwealth Court

• MATT WOLF - 64%

• BRYAN NEFT - 36%

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (vote for up to 10)

1. KAY YU - 39%

2. NATASHA TAYLOR-SMITH - 38%

3. CHESLEY LIGHTSEY - 33%

4. TAMIKA WASHINGTON - 32%

5. BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN - 28%

6. DAMARIS GARCIA - 26%

7. JOHN PADOVA - 24%

8. KENNETH JOEL - 23.8%

9. WADE D ALBERT - 23.8%

10. JESSICA R BROWN - 22.8%

11. SAMANTHA WILLIAMS - 21.8%

12. MELISSA FRANCIS - 21.3%

13. QAWI ABDUL-RAHMAN - 20%

14. CAROLINE TURNER - 19.3%

15. WILL BRAVEMAN - 17%

16. JOE GREEN - 14%

Judge of the Municipal Court (vote for up to 2)

1. BARBARA THOMSON - 40%

2. COLLEEN MCINTYRE OSBORNE - 30%

3. MELISSA FRANCIS - 21%

4. RANIA MAJOR - 20%

Mayor

• HELEN GYM - 60%

• REBECCA RHYNHART - 17%

• CHERELLE L PARKER - 12%

• ALLAN DOMB - 6%

• JEFF BROWN - 6%

• AMEN BROWN - 3%

• JAMES M DELEON - 1%

• DELSCIA GRAY - 1%

• WARREN BLOOM - 1%

City Controller

• CHRISTY BRADY - 42%

• ALEXANDRA HUNT - 40%

• JOHN THOMAS - 18%

Register of Wills

• TRACEY L GORDON - 34%

• RAE K HALL - 30%

• JOHN SABATINA - 22%

• ELIZABETH HALL LOWE - 14%

Sheriff

• ROCHELLE BILAL - 54%

• MICHAEL UNTERMEYER - 29%

• JACKIE L MILES - 17%

Council at Large

• ERIKA ALMIRÓN - 29%

• NINA AHMAD - 27%

• ISAIAH THOMAS - 26%

• KATHERINE GILMORE RICHARDSON - 25%

• AMANDA MCILLMURRAY - 23%

• RUE LANDAU - 18%

• LUZ COLON - 15%

• JIM HARRITY - 14%

• JALON ALEXANDER - 13%

• DERWOOD SELBY - 11%

• DESHAWNDA WILLIAMS - 11%

• JOB ITZKOWITZ -11%

• MELISSA ROBBINS - 10%

• ERYN SANTAMOOR - 9%

• QIANA SHEDRICK - 9%

• SHERRIE COHEN - 8%

• CURTIS SEGERS III - 7%

• JOHN B KELLY - 7%

• ABU V EDWARDS - 7%

• OGBONNA PAUL HAGINS - 6%

• CHARLES REYES - 6%

• DONAVAN S WEST - 6%

• WAYNE E DORSEY - 5%

• NADERAH GRIFFIN - 5%

• MICHELLE PRETTYMAN - 5%

• CHRISTOPHER GLADSTONE BOOTH - 5%

• GEORGE STEVENSON - 2%

Republican Party

Justice of the Supreme Court

• PATRICIA A MCCULLOUGH - 61%

• CAROLYN CARLUCCIO - 39%

Judge of the Superior Court (vote for up to 2)

• MARIA BATTISTA - 65%

• HARRY F SMAIL JR - 59%

Judge of the Commonwealth Court

• JOSH PRINCE - 65%

• MEGAN MARTIN - 35%

Mayor

• DAVID OH - 100%

Council at Large (vote for up to 5)

• DREW MURRAY - 83%

• SAM OROPEZA - 50%

• FRANK CRISTINZIO - 17%

• GARY GRISAFI - 17%

• JIM HASHER - 17%

• MARY JANE KELLY - 17%