Christy Brady

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Christy Brady
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Candidate, Philadelphia City Controller

Philadelphia City Controller
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

1

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

November 4, 2025

Education

High school

Cheltenham High School

Bachelor's

Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, 1994

Personal
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pa.
Contact

Christy Brady (Democratic Party) is the Philadelphia City Controller in Pennsylvania. She assumed office on January 1, 2024. Her current term ends on January 5, 2026.

Brady (Democratic Party) is running for re-election for Philadelphia City Controller in Pennsylvania. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Democratic primary on May 20, 2025.

Biography

Christy Brady was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned a high school diploma from Cheltenham High School and a bachelor's degree from the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science in 1994.[1]

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2025)

General election

General election for Philadelphia City Controller

Incumbent Christy Brady and Ari Patrinos are running in the general election for Philadelphia City Controller on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
Image of Christy Brady
Christy Brady (D)
Image of Ari Patrinos
Ari Patrinos (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Controller

Incumbent Christy Brady advanced from the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Controller on May 20, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christy Brady
Christy Brady
 
99.6
 
120,801
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
469

Total votes: 121,270
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Philadelphia City Controller

Ari Patrinos advanced from the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Controller on May 20, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ari Patrinos
Ari Patrinos
 
97.0
 
7,835
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
241

Total votes: 8,076
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2023

See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023)

General election

Special general election for Philadelphia City Controller

Christy Brady defeated Aaron Bashir in the special general election for Philadelphia City Controller on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christy Brady
Christy Brady (D) Candidate Connection
 
81.0
 
225,917
Image of Aaron Bashir
Aaron Bashir (R)
 
18.9
 
52,603
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
297

Total votes: 278,817
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Controller

Christy Brady defeated Alexandra Hunt and John Thomas in the special Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Controller on May 16, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christy Brady
Christy Brady Candidate Connection
 
46.1
 
86,884
Image of Alexandra Hunt
Alexandra Hunt
 
31.4
 
59,068
John Thomas
 
22.4
 
42,292
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
170

Total votes: 188,414
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Philadelphia City Controller

Aaron Bashir advanced from the special Republican primary for Philadelphia City Controller on May 16, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Aaron Bashir
Aaron Bashir
 
99.1
 
13,545
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
121

Total votes: 13,666
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2025

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Email

2023

Candidate Connection

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I am a wife and mother raising my family in the Fox Chase section of the City. I have over 28 years of experience in the City Controller's Office working my way up from an auditor trainee until I became the first female Deputy Controller of Audit leading the largest division in the Controller's Office. I am also a CPA which differentiates me from the other possible candidates. In November 2022, the Mayor appointed me as Acting City Controller. I managed the operations of each division of the Controller's Office including the Pre-Audit, Audit, Investigations, Administration, and Finance, Policy and Data divisions. I also served on the Board of Pensions, the Sinking Fund Commission and was a member of the city's Bond Committee. Lastly, I certified the city's debt capacity and the capital nature and useful life of capital projects built with bond proceeds.
  • The gun violence crisis in Philadelphia subjected thousands of people to the pain and trauma of claiming an unprecedented number of lives. Along with the increase of lives taken, increased gun violence rates also reduce property values, economic opportunity, and educational performance in neighborhoods where violence is highest. I will audit the city’s Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program to examine the city’s oversight, administration and selection of the organizations receiving grant funds and determine whether the funds are being properly and effectively spent on services related to anti-violence interventions.
  • The underground economy in construction and development creates dangers to workers, residents, and first responders when unscrupulous developers misclassify workers and pay them in cash as independent contractors. They often work in unsafe conditions without mandated safety equipment. In addition, they are frequently not properly trained causing them to use hazardous building techniques that may result in structurally unsound finished products putting residents at risk and placing first responders in danger when they are called to emergencies. I will audit the enforcement of code violations, and the use of unlicensed tradesmen to recover the millions of dollars of unpaid license and permit fees as well as lost payroll and city wage taxes.
  • The opioid and drug crisis in Philadelphia is creating challenges disproportionately for disadvantaged communities throughout the city. Neighborhoods with higher levels of opioid abuse feel the negative impact on economic opportunity and educational performance. I will follow-up on the audit of the HealthChoices Fund administered by the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) to determine whether DBHIDS implemented the Controller’s Office recommendations regarding the lack of oversight of the administration of mental health and addiction treatment services.
Safer neighborhoods, economic opportunity, and educational excellence can all be realized while improving government efficiencies and increasing revenues. I will lead audits, financial analysis, and investigations that can improve the safety of our neighborhoods and the education of our children while having a positive economic impact on the citizens and city finances.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 22, 2023