Mayoral Electoral History
| Philadelphia mayoral election, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John F. Street | 211,136 | 49.52% | -30.12% | |
| Republican | Sam Katz | 203,908 | 49.12% | +29.31 | |
| Independent | Other | 5,376 | 1% | +0.46 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Philadelphia mayoral election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | John F. Street | 267,230 | 58.34 | +8.70 | |
| Republican | Sam Katz | 189,357 | 41.34 | -8.28 | |
| Socialist Workers | John Staggs | 1,291 | 0.28 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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