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Drew Murray
Drew Murray (Republican Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023)
General election
General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Isaiah Thomas (D) | 16.8 | 197,642 |
| ✔ |  | Katherine Richardson (D) | 16.1 | 189,917 |
| ✔ |  | Nina Ahmad (D) | 15.7 | 184,332 |
| ✔ | Rue Landau (D) | 14.9 | 175,976 | |
| ✔ | Jim Harrity (D) | 13.1 | 153,839 | |
| ✔ |  | Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party) | 7.1 | 83,616 |
| ✔ |  | Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party) | 5.9 | 70,062 |
 | Drew Murray (R) | 5.1 | 60,277 | |
| Jim Hasher (R) | 5.1 | 60,274 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,622 | ||
| Total votes: 1,177,557 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Grisafi (R)
- Frank Cristinzio (R)
- Mary Kelly (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Isaiah Thomas | 12.7 | 107,315 |
| ✔ | | Katherine Richardson | 11.1 | 93,418 |
| ✔ | Rue Landau | 9.0 | 75,798 | |
| ✔ | | Nina Ahmad | 7.9 | 66,689 |
| ✔ | Jim Harrity | 6.2 | 52,323 | |
| Eryn Santamoor | 5.6 | 47,410 | ||
 | Amanda McIllmurray | 5.5 | 46,379 | |
| Erika Almiron | 5.1 | 43,029 | ||
 | Sherrie Cohen | 3.9 | 32,430 | |
| Job Itzkowitz | 3.3 | 27,648 | ||
| Melissa Robbins | 2.9 | 24,523 | ||
| Deshawnda Williams | 2.7 | 22,506 | ||
 | Luz Colon | 2.6 | 21,917 | |
| Donavan West | 2.6 | 21,830 | ||
| John Kelly | 2.5 | 21,153 | ||
| Jalon Alexander | 2.0 | 16,628 | ||
| Qiana Shedrick | 2.0 | 16,422 | ||
| Abu Edwards | 1.8 | 15,105 | ||
 | Michelle Prettyman | 1.7 | 14,720 | |
| Naderah Griffin | 1.5 | 12,354 | ||
| Derwood Selby | 1.4 | 11,952 | ||
| Charles Reyes | 1.3 | 11,301 | ||
| Wayne Dorsey | 1.2 | 10,378 | ||
 | Ogbonna Hagins | 0.9 | 7,403 | |
| Christopher Booth | 0.9 | 7,195 | ||
| George Stevenson | 0.8 | 7,023 | ||
| Curtis Segers III | 0.7 | 6,064 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 957 | ||
| Total votes: 841,870 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Orsino (D)
- Clayton Prince (D)
- Max Tuttleman (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Murray | 18.7 | 10,584 |
| ✔ | Frank Cristinzio | 18.6 | 10,518 | |
| ✔ |  | Gary Grisafi | 16.6 | 9,369 |
| ✔ | Jim Hasher | 16.5 | 9,333 | |
| ✔ | Mary Kelly | 15.5 | 8,751 | |
 | Sam Oropeza | 13.3 | 7,527 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 408 | ||
| Total votes: 56,490 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Murray in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2022)
General election
Special general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large
Jim Harrity defeated Drew Murray and Poetica Bey in the special general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Harrity (D) | 80.4 | 383,852 | |
| Drew Murray (R) | 17.1 | 81,862 | |
| Poetica Bey (L) | 2.3 | 10,987 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 891 | ||
| Total votes: 477,592 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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2020
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182
Incumbent Brian Sims defeated Drew Murray in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Sims (D) | 83.1 | 34,225 |
| Drew Murray (R) | 16.9 | 6,969 | |
| Total votes: 41,194 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182
Incumbent Brian Sims defeated Marisa Shaaban in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Sims | 58.0 | 10,285 |
 | Marisa Shaaban | 42.0 | 7,457 | |
| Total votes: 17,742 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182
Drew Murray advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Murray | 100.0 | 966 |
| Total votes: 966 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign finance
2019
See also: City council elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)
General election
General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Helen Gym (D) | 15.4 | 205,661 |
| ✔ | | Isaiah Thomas (D) | 14.7 | 196,733 |
| ✔ |  | Derek Green (D) | 14.2 | 189,819 |
| ✔ | | Katherine Richardson (D) | 14.2 | 189,813 |
| ✔ |  | Allan Domb (D) | 13.9 | 186,665 |
| ✔ | | Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party) | 4.5 | 60,256 |
| ✔ |  | David Oh (R) | 4.0 | 53,742 |
 | Al Taubenberger (R) | 3.6 | 47,547 | |
| Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party) | 3.5 | 46,560 | |
 | Daniel Tinney (R) | 3.5 | 46,270 | |
 | Bill Heeney (R) | 3.2 | 43,249 | |
 | Matt Wolfe (R) | 3.1 | 41,341 | |
| Sherrie Cohen (A Better Council Party) | 0.7 | 9,116 | |
 | Joe Cox (Independent) | 0.7 | 8,880 | |
 | Maj Toure (L) | 0.5 | 6,179 | |
 | Steve Cherniavsky (Term Limits Philadelphia Party) | 0.3 | 3,480 | |
| Clarc King (Independent) | 0.2 | 2,959 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 745 | ||
| Total votes: 1,339,015 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helen Gym | 15.6 | 107,153 |
| ✔ | | Allan Domb | 9.8 | 67,193 |
| ✔ | | Isaiah Thomas | 9.2 | 63,295 |
| ✔ | | Derek Green | 8.9 | 61,070 |
| ✔ | | Katherine Richardson | 6.6 | 45,470 |
| Justin DiBerardinis | 6.2 | 42,643 | ||
| Adrian Reyes | 5.2 | 35,565 | ||
| Eryn Santamoor | 5.1 | 35,026 | ||
| Erika Almiron | 5.0 | 34,329 | ||
 | Deja Alvarez | 3.9 | 26,617 | |
| Sandra Glenn | 2.6 | 18,105 | ||
 | Willie Singletary | 2.6 | 17,858 | |
| Ethelind Baylor | 2.1 | 14,259 | ||
 | Beth Finn | 2.0 | 14,015 | |
| Ogbonna Hagins | 1.8 | 12,570 | |
| Fernando Trevino | 1.7 | 11,400 | ||
 | Fareed Abdullah | 1.6 | 10,676 | |
| Asa Khalif | 1.4 | 9,779 | ||
| Billy Thompson | 1.3 | 8,976 | ||
 | Latrice Bryant | 1.3 | 8,966 | |
| Joseph Diorio | 1.1 | 7,803 | ||
 | Hena Veit | 0.8 | 5,405 | |
| Edwin Santana | 0.8 | 5,154 | ||
| Wayne Allen | 0.7 | 4,941 | ||
| Vinny Blackwell | 0.7 | 4,516 | ||
| Mark Ross | 0.6 | 4,255 | ||
| Bobbie Curry | 0.6 | 3,920 | ||
 | Devon Cade | 0.4 | 2,854 | |
| Wayne Dorsey | 0.4 | 2,780 | ||
| Sherrie Cohen | 0.0 | 44 | |
| Total votes: 686,637 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melissa Robbins (D)
- Mike Stack (D)
- Janice Tangradi (D)
- David Conroy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Tinney | 21.0 | 13,611 |
| ✔ | | Al Taubenberger | 19.4 | 12,542 |
| ✔ | | Matt Wolfe | 19.1 | 12,362 |
| ✔ | | Bill Heeney | 18.5 | 11,976 |
| ✔ | | David Oh | 10.0 | 6,477 |
| Drew Murray | 6.1 | 3,935 | |
 | Irina Goldstein | 5.9 | 3,790 | |
| Total votes: 64,693 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Drew Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Drew Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Drew Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Drew Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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