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2021 Philadelphia elections
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A general election was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 2, 2021, to elect various county and city-level positions. The primary election was held on May 18, 2021.[1]

District Attorney

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2021 Philadelphia district attorney election
← 2017
November 2, 2021
2025 →
 
Candidate Larry Krasner Chuck Peruto
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 155,102 60,304
Percentage 71.81% 27.92%
Krasner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Peruto:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
District Attorney before election

Larry Krasner
Democratic

 Elected District Attorney

Larry Krasner
Democratic

Incumbent district attorney Larry Krasner won a second term over Republican nominee Chuck Peruto, winning in a landslide.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Carlos Vega, homicide prosecutor

Results

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Primary results by ward
  Krasner
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Vega
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Tie
  •   50%
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Krasner (incumbent) 128,958 66.79
Democratic Carlos Vega 63,953 33.12
Write-in 170 0.09
Total votes 193,081 100.00

Republican primary

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Nominee

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  • Charles "Chuck" Peruto Jr., criminal defense attorney

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Peruto 11,199 94.96
Write-in 595 5.04
Total votes 11,794 100.00

General election

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia District Attorney election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Krasner (incumbent) 155,102 71.81
Republican Chuck Peruto 60,304 27.92
Write-in 570 0.26
Total votes 215,976 100.00
Democratic hold

City Controller

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2021 Philadelphia city controller election
← 2017
November 2, 2021
2023 →
 
Candidate Rebecca Rhynhart
Party Democratic
Popular vote 168,847
Percentage 99.55%
City Controller before election

Rebecca Rhynhart
Democratic

 Elected City Controller

Rebecca Rhynhart
Democratic

Incumbent city controller Rebecca Rhynhart ran unopposed in the general election, winning a second term.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Rhynhart (incumbent) 140,245 99.68
Write-in 454 0.32
Total votes 140,699 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 220 100.00
Total votes 220 100.00

General election

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia City Controller election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Rhynhart (incumbent) 168,847 99.55
Write-in 762 0.45
Total votes 169,609 100.00
Democratic hold

Court of Common Pleas partisan election

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Incumbent Judges Gary S. Glazer, James Murray Lynn, Arnold L. New, and Robert J. Rebstock filed to run for retention but later withdrew, resulting in eight seats up in the primary election and twelve seats up in the general election.[4]

Democratic primary

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Democratic primary (vote for up to 8)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nick Kamau 103,129 9.54
Democratic Wendi Barish 100,441 9.29
Democratic Cateria R. McCabe 97,570 9.03
Democratic Betsy Wahl 88,302 8.17
Democratic Chris Hall 86,610 8.01
Democratic Michele Hangley 76,359 7.06
Democratic Craig Levin 74,215 6.87
Democratic Daniel R. Sulman 73,017 6.76
Democratic Caroline Turner 72,066 6.67
Democratic Mark J. Moore 63,510 5.88
Democratic Tamika Washington 63,090 5.84
Democratic Terri Booker 52,270 4.84
Democratic John R. Padova 50,506 4.67
Democratic Maurice Houston 29,864 2.76
Democratic Rick Cataldi 24,632 2.28
Democratic Patrick J. Moran 24,305 2.25
Write-in 991 0.09
Total votes 1,080,877 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Republican primary (vote for up to 12)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 1,067 100.00
Total votes 1,067 100.00

General election

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas election (vote for up to 12)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendi Barish 154,312 8.86
Democratic Nick Kamau 153,790 8.83
Democratic Michele Hangley 151,677 8.71
Democratic Chris Hall 150,829 8.66
Democratic Cateria R. McCabe 150,727 8.65
Democratic Betsy Wahl 149,577 8.59
Democratic Mark J. Moore 142,964 8.21
Democratic Daniel R. Sulman 142,625 8.19
Democratic Craig Levin 141,424 8.12
Democratic Monica N. Gibbs 139,573 8.01
Democratic John Sabatina 132,348 7.60
Democratic Leanne L. Litwin 127,834 7.34
Write-in 3,877 0.22
Total votes 1,741,557 100.00

Court of Common Pleas retention elections

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Results

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Justice Diana Anhalt retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For114,30178.69
Against30,94721.31
Total145,248100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Denis P. Cohen retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For105,05874.40
Against36,14025.60
Total141,198100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Rose Marie Defino-Nastasi retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For111,76277.45
Against32,54822.55
Total144,310100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Charles Ehrlich retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For104,00074.60
Against35,40625.40
Total139,406100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Angelo J. Foglietta retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For107,25875.54
Against34,73024.46
Total141,988100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Jonathan Q. Irvine retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For102,44274.92
Against34,29625.08
Total136,738100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Elizabeth Jackson retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For110,62778.30
Against30,65921.70
Total141,286100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Vincent L. Johnson retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For105,76076.47
Against32,54123.53
Total138,301100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Sean F. Kennedy retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For106,20476.79
Against32,09723.21
Total138,301100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Barbara A. McDermott retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For111,45678.65
Against30,25821.35
Total141,714100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Margaret T. Murphy retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For110,91578.22
Against30,88521.78
Total141,800100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice George W. Overton retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For103,33675.15
Against34,17624.85
Total137,512100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Edward C. Wright retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For104,61476.30
Against32,48923.70
Total137,103100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]

Philadelphia Municipal Court partisan election

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Incumbent Judges Gerard A. Kosinski and Marsha H. Niefield filed to run for retention but later withdrew, resulting in three seats up in the primary election and five seats up in the general election.[4]

Democratic primary

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Municipal Court Democratic primary (vote for up to 3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Greg Yorgey-Girdy 95,468 27.82
Democratic Michael C. Lambert 92,500 26.95
Democratic George Twardy 82,529 24.05
Democratic Barbara Thomson 71,870 20.94
Write-in 805 0.23
Total votes 343,172 100.00

Republican primary

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Municipal Court Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 449 100.00
Total votes 449 100.00

General election

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Results

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2021 Philadelphia Municipal Court election (vote for up to 5)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Greg Yorgey-Girdy 146,913 20.99
Democratic Fran McCloskey 140,486 20.07
Democratic Michael C. Lambert 139,656 19.95
Democratic George Twardy 139,044 19.86
Democratic Christian A. DiCicco 132,537 18.93
Write-in 1,412 0.20
Total votes 700,048 100.00

Philadelphia Municipal Court retention elections

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Results

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Justice Frank T. Brady retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For105,73175.10
Against35,05224.90
Total140,783100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Patrick Dugan retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For104,09875.17
Against34,39024.83
Total138,488100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Charles Hayden retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For102,10174.91
Against34,19325.09
Total136,294100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Christine M. Hope retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For109,19178.76
Against29,45121.24
Total138,642100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Sharon Williams Losier retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For105,90376.17
Against33,12323.83
Total139,026100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Joffie C. Pittman III retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For101,71775.35
Against33,26924.65
Total134,986100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Justice Craig M. Washington retention, 2021
ChoiceVotes%
For104,67676.56
Against32,04823.44
Total136,724100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]

Ballot questions

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One ballot question appeared on the primary ballot and four questions appeared on the general ballot. All proposed questions passed.[5]

Primary election

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Proposal 1 results by ward
  Yes
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
Proposed Charter Change 1: Expand the Board of License Inspection Review
ChoiceVotes%
For155,03278.74
Against41,86021.26
Total196,892100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[2]

General election

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Proposal 1 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
Proposed Charter Change 1: Call on State Legislature and Governor to Decriminalize Marijuana
ChoiceVotes%
For156,57873.93
Against55,22226.07
Total211,800100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Proposal 2 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
Proposed Charter Change 2: Create the Department of Fleet Services
ChoiceVotes%
For152,28673.91
Against53,75826.09
Total206,044100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Proposal 3 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
Proposed Charter Change 3: Change Civil Service System Hiring and Promoting Practices
ChoiceVotes%
For130,85763.94
Against73,79536.06
Total204,652100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]
Proposal 4 results by ward
  Yes
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  No
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
Proposed Charter Change 4: Require Annual Appropriation to the Housing Trust Fund
ChoiceVotes%
For144,75970.44
Against60,73729.56
Total205,496100.00
Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "2021 Election Calendar" (PDF). PA.gov. Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Elections. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Past Election Results 2021 Primary". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "2021 General Election Results". Philadelphia City Commissioners. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2021)". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania ballot measures 2021". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
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