Hena Veit

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Hena Veit

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 21, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

Argosy University Chicago

Graduate

Argosy University Chicago

Personal

Profession

Forensic mitigation specialist

Contact

Campaign website

Hena Veit (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. Veit lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2019.

Biography

Veit earned a B.A. in psychology and a master's degree in candidate forensic psychology from Argosy University Chicago. Her professional experience includes working as a forensic mitigation specialist. She is affiliated with the Philadelphia Prison Society.

Elections

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
	Submit photo	Clarc King (Independent)	0.2	2,959
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	745

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,339,015
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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
	Submit photo	Justin DiBerardinis	6.2	42,643
	Submit photo	Adrian Reyes	5.2	35,565
	Submit photo	Eryn Santamoor	5.1	35,026
	Submit photo	Erika Almiron	5.0	34,329
		Deja Alvarez	3.9	26,617
	Submit photo	Sandra Glenn	2.6	18,105
		Willie Singletary	2.6	17,858
	Submit photo	Ethelind Baylor	2.1	14,259
		Beth Finn	2.0	14,015
		Ogbonna Hagins	1.8	12,570
	Submit photo	Fernando Trevino	1.7	11,400
		Fareed Abdullah	1.6	10,676
	Submit photo	Asa Khalif	1.4	9,779
	Submit photo	Billy Thompson	1.3	8,976
		Latrice Bryant	1.3	8,966
	Submit photo	Joseph Diorio	1.1	7,803
		Hena Veit	0.8	5,405
	Submit photo	Edwin Santana	0.8	5,154
	Submit photo	Wayne Allen	0.7	4,941
	Submit photo	Vinny Blackwell	0.7	4,516
	Submit photo	Mark Ross	0.6	4,255
	Submit photo	Bobbie Curry	0.6	3,920
		Devon Cade	0.4	2,854
	Submit photo	Wayne Dorsey	0.4	2,780
		Sherrie Cohen	0.0	44

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 686,637
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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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,693
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Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:

“	Is there anything you would like to add? I live in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia and I am a single mother of four. At present I am also considering entering the Doctorate Program in Neuroscience at Drexel University.	”
—Hena Veit

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