The 2011 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent Michael Nutter had been Mayor of Philadelphia since 2008 after being elected in the 2007 election, and was re-elected with approximately 75% of the vote. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2011.
Democratic primary On December 22, 2010, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter officially announced that he would seek re-election.Dunn, Mike "Nutter Announces He’ll Run For Re-Election", "CBS Philly", December 22, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011. With the backing of health unions MacDonald, Tom "Health union back Nutter's re-election" , "NewsWorks.org", May 3, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. and the Black Clergy,Odom, Vernon. "Black Clergy endorses Nutter's bid for reelection", "6abc.com", February 7, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. Nutter was favored by a wide margin to win re-election. His only challenger in the primaries was Milton Street, brother of former Mayor John F. Street, who announced his bid on February 17, 2011. Having spent time in federal prison for tax evasion, he described his plans to work toward finding jobs for convicts after their release.Gelbart, Marcia and Miriam Hill "Knox says he may run in mayoral primary; T. Milton Street Sr. announces candidacy", "Philly.com", February 17, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011 John Street told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Nutter was "not a black mayor ... just a mayor with dark skin." Nutter said those comments were ignorant and said "I don't think anyone ever asked Ed Rendell was he white enough." Nutter had been criticized for "stop and frisk" policies and service cuts.
Candidates
Declared
Michael Nutter, incumbent Mayor of Philadelphia Milton Street, former Pennsylvania State Senator
Results
Results by ward WardNutterStreetTotal votes#%#%11,61685.32%27814.68%1,89423,00088.76%38011.24%3,38031,68768.00%79432.00%2,48141,57866.81%78433.19%2,36253,46293.27%2506.73%3,712683559.77%56240.23%1,397756773.16%20826.84%77583,89294.21%2395.79%4,13193,14892.43%2587.57%3,406102,71171.02%1,10628.98%3,8171183854.84%69045.16%1,528122,01667.74%96032.26%2,976131,60660.79%1,03639.21%2,6421454359.74%36640.26%909152,31389.48%27210.52%2,5851675253.41%65646.59%1,408172,27069.19%1,01130.81%3,281181,04282.37%22317.63%1,2651950965.68%26634.32%7752051165.18%27334.82%784213,83487.55%54512.45%4,379223,94981.93%87118.07%4,820231,12869.08%50530.92%1,6332481366.48%41033.52%1,2232583478.53%22821.47%1,062261,95090.45%2069.55%2,1562776778.35%21221.65%9792878952.88%70347.12%1,4922982760.81%53339.19%1,360301,82584.57%33315.43%2,1583197788.58%12611.42%1,103321,06052.58%95647.42%2,0163366367.93%31332.07%976343,19868.95%1,44031.05%4,638351,34673.07%49626.93%1,842362,11161.38%1,32838.62%3,4393775356.83%57243.17%1,325381,72574.77%58225.23%2,307393,75786.09%60713.91%4,364402,57866.51%1,29833.49%3,876411,42383.17%28816.83%1,711421,03065.19%55034.81%1,5804389459.21%61640.79%1,5104490865.04%48834.96%1,396451,15583.39%23016.61%1,385462,06177.71%59122.29%2,6524735455.40%28544.60%639481,09464.81%59435.19%1,688491,61364.16%90135.84%2,514503,77675.11%1,25124.89%5,027511,55665.88%80634.12%2,362523,05477.69%87722.31%3,931531,08080.18%26719.82%1,3475484380.59%20319.41%1,046551,89986.79%28913.21%2,188562,54588.06%34511.94%2,890571,80986.43%28413.57%2,093582,50086.42%39313.58%2,893592,28371.88%89328.12%3,176601,41066.67%70533.33%2,115611,69866.82%84333.18%2,541621,35775.89%43124.11%1,788631,71588.27%22811.73%1,943641,15287.01%17212.99%1,324652,01687.35%29212.65%2,308662,47988.19%33211.81%2,811
Republican primary The Republican primary election saw two candidate vying for office. Real estate agent John Featherman (not to be confused with John Fetterman) filed in June 2010 to become eligible for the election so that he could fight against increasing taxes and to create a more "business-friendly climate" in the city.Hill, Miriam "Republican real estate agent John Featherman files for 2011 Philly mayoral election", June 16, 2010, accessed May 7, 2011. In March 2011, former Democrat Karen Brown announced her bid to run as a Republican in the upcoming mayoral election."Karen Brown Seeking Mayor As Republican", "My Fox Philly", March 5, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011. Though she had numerous ties to the city Democratic party, she won the backing of the city Republican party at an event in late March.Waring, Tom. "GOP ward leaders back Brown for mayor", "Philly.com", March 31, 2011, accessed May 7, 2011.
Candidates
Declared
Karen Brown, former teacher and Democratic ward committeewoman John Featherman, real estate agent
Results
Results by ward WardBrownFeathermanTotal votes#%#%113072.22%5027.78%18029032.26%18967.74%27931450.00%1450.00%2841760.71%1139.29%2858822.80%29877.20%38661052.63%947.37%1972336.51%4063.49%63811428.64%28471.36%39897427.51%19572.49%269101043.48%1356.52%23113360.00%2240.00%55121643.24%2156.76%37131539.47%2360.53%3814825.81%2374.19%31156936.13%12263.87%19116323.08%1076.92%13171438.89%2261.11%361811464.77%6235.23%17619637.50%1062.50%1620960.00%640.00%152131437.70%51962.30%833223739.78%5660.22%932311253.08%9946.92%211242357.50%1742.50%402534771.84%13628.16%4832638569.87%16630.13%551271722.67%5877.33%7528444.44%555.56%929930.00%2170.00%30302824.78%8575.22%1133121765.36%11534.64%332321758.62%1241.38%29335342.40%7257.60%125342829.79%6670.21%943518848.70%19851.30%386366164.21%3435.79%95371147.83%1252.17%23382829.17%6870.83%963926859.96%17940.04%447405340.15%7959.85%1324119053.07%16846.93%358425353.54%4646.46%99431748.57%1851.43%35442565.79%1334.21%384543969.13%19630.87%635462539.68%3860.32%6347960.00%640.00%15485944.70%7355.30%132491544.12%1955.88%34501858.06%1341.94%31513066.67%1533.33%45524240.78%6159.22%1035312241.08%17558.92%297543643.90%4656.10%825543554.51%36345.49%7985634249.07%35550.93%6975738345.92%45154.08%8345859248.09%63951.91%1,231591731.48%3768.52%54601967.86%932.14%28614742.73%6357.27%1106210043.86%12856.14%2286363855.14%51944.86%1,1576435150.80%34049.20%6916523344.81%28755.19%520661,07557.15%80642.85%1,881
General election Polling The general election was held on November 8, 2011. With all but one precinct reporting, Nutter received 74.69% of the vote.
Nutter's approval rating in February 2011 was 50%, and in March 2011 was 52%.
A hypothetical matchup poll conducted by the Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group between Nutter and Brown showed Nutter leading with 74%.Martinez, Vanessa. "Nutter outshines Street and Brown in favorability poll" , "newsworks.org", June 8, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011.Middleberg, Geoffrey. "Poll Shows Mayor Nutter Strong Against Potential Rival", "Politics PA", June 9, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011.
Results
Results by ward WardMichael Nutter DemocraticKaren Brown RepublicanWali Rahman IndependentTotal votes#%#%#%11,66668.79%71129.36%451.86%2,42222,66779.71%59217.69%872.60%3,34632,46485.47%29310.16%1264.37%2,88342,10483.79%26110.39%1465.81%2,51153,88784.83%59713.03%982.14%4,58261,37580.69%19211.27%1378.04%1,704771381.67%14616.72%141.60%87384,40585.07%67413.02%991.91%5,17893,08786.08%40011.15%992.76%3,586103,66586.93%3458.18%2064.89%4,216111,46283.93%18710.73%935.34%1,742122,31382.93%28510.22%1916.85%2,789132,16783.00%27110.38%1736.63%2,6111480484.81%10010.55%444.64%948152,55384.90%38312.74%712.36%3,007161,16281.95%16311.50%936.56%1,418172,85684.37%35210.40%1775.23%3,385181,01769.00%42428.77%332.24%1,4741977089.12%768.80%182.08%8642070084.95%819.83%435.22%824214,27170.29%1,69327.86%1121.84%6,076224,12487.48%3878.21%2034.31%4,714231,41073.78%44023.02%613.19%1,911241,14080.91%18713.27%825.82%1,4092573552.39%64245.76%261.85%1,403261,36251.63%1,25947.73%170.64%2,638271,10180.90%16712.27%936.83%1,361281,23884.05%1459.84%906.11%1,473291,25584.12%17211.53%654.36%1,492301,96485.91%23310.19%893.89%2,2863198760.59%59736.65%452.76%1,629321,75380.34%26312.05%1667.61%2,1823362364.36%32033.06%252.58%968344,18180.37%72213.88%2995.75%5,202351,78167.98%76529.20%742.82%2,620362,76278.53%54015.35%2156.11%3,517371,12683.78%13910.34%795.88%1,344382,23784.00%33712.65%893.34%2,663393,15060.50%1,99638.33%611.17%5,207403,41381.18%60114.30%1904.52%4,204411,40062.36%80135.68%441.96%2,245421,31878.92%29117.43%613.65%1,670431,19383.48%15410.78%825.74%1,429441,35683.76%1579.70%1066.55%1,619451,06450.02%1,02948.38%341.60%2,127462,57883.13%2788.96%2457.90%3,1014755081.00%8212.08%476.92%679481,35671.82%46124.42%713.76%1,888492,39083.62%30310.60%1655.77%2,858504,71886.94%4728.70%2374.37%5,427512,29083.24%28710.43%1746.32%2,751523,97286.31%4329.39%1984.30%4,602531,31066.26%62131.41%462.33%1,9775484069.59%33227.51%352.90%1,207551,82356.06%1,38742.65%421.29%3,252562,86163.56%1,58535.21%551.22%4,501572,05855.31%1,61343.35%501.34%3,721583,44757.10%2,52341.79%671.11%6,037592,55683.86%2819.22%2116.92%3,048602,06684.85%2209.03%1496.12%2,435612,30980.40%39713.82%1665.78%2,872621,37069.02%56828.61%472.37%1,985632,52557.74%1,80641.30%420.96%4,373641,23652.24%1,10146.53%291.23%2,366652,02761.74%1,21436.98%421.28%3,283663,46952.61%3,06446.47%610.93%6,594
References
External links
The Committee of 70 Elections Page