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Wayne Dorsey
Wayne Dorsey (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. Dorsey lost in the Democratic primary on May 16, 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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 Dorsey in this election.
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
Wayne Dorsey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wayne Dorsey did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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