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Incumbent Jim Harrity wins primary in race for Philadelphia city council seat: AP | #citycouncil

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) —  It took a few days but there is a winner in the close race for the fifth at-large Philadelphia city council seat in the Democratic primary. RELATED: Cherelle Parker wins Philadelphia Democratic primary for mayor The Associated Press says incumbent Jim Harrity will prevail when all the votes are counted. He leads […]

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Voters elected Philadelphia’s first openly gay candidate to win a city council nomination | #citycouncil

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Our historic city of Philadelphia is about to make history once again. In Tuesday’s primary, voters elected the first openly gay candidate to win a nomination for city council. Rue Landau is used to being first. In 2014, she and her wife Kerry were the first same-sex couple in Pennsylvania to get a […]

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