1983 Philadelphia mayoral election

1983 Philadelphia mayoral election

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Turnout63.17% of registered voters Increase 3 pp
42.48% of total population[1]
 
Nominee Wilson Goode John Egan Thomas Leonard
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 396,266 263,742 57,146
Percentage 55.26% 36.78% 7.97%

Mayor before election

William J. Green III
Democratic

Elected mayor

Wilson Goode
Democratic

The 1983 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Wilson Goode.

Goode won the Democratic nomination by defeating former mayor Frank Rizzo, as well as several minor candidates, in the Democratic primary.

Goode was elected the first African American mayor of Philadelphia.

  1. ^ Denvir, Daniel (May 22, 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way". City Lab. Retrieved April 28, 2019.