Abu Edwards
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Abu Edwards (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. Edwards lost in the Democratic primary on May 16, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023)
General election
General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Isaiah Thomas (D) | 16.8 | 197,642 |
| ✔ |  | Katherine Richardson (D) | 16.1 | 189,917 |
| ✔ |  | Nina Ahmad (D) | 15.7 | 184,332 |
| ✔ | | Rue Landau (D) | 14.9 | 175,976 |
| ✔ | | Jim Harrity (D) | 13.1 | 153,839 |
| ✔ |  | Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party) | 7.1 | 83,616 |
| ✔ |  | Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party) | 5.9 | 70,062 |
 | Drew Murray (R) | 5.1 | 60,277 | |
| Jim Hasher (R) | 5.1 | 60,274 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,622 | ||
| Total votes: 1,177,557 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Grisafi (R)
- Frank Cristinzio (R)
- Mary Kelly (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Isaiah Thomas | 12.7 | 107,315 |
| ✔ | | Katherine Richardson | 11.1 | 93,418 |
| ✔ | | Rue Landau | 9.0 | 75,798 |
| ✔ | | Nina Ahmad | 7.9 | 66,689 |
| ✔ | | Jim Harrity | 6.2 | 52,323 |
| Eryn Santamoor | 5.6 | 47,410 | |
 | Amanda McIllmurray | 5.5 | 46,379 | |
| Erika Almiron | 5.1 | 43,029 | |
 | Sherrie Cohen | 3.9 | 32,430 | |
| Job Itzkowitz | 3.3 | 27,648 | |
| Melissa Robbins | 2.9 | 24,523 | |
| Deshawnda Williams | 2.7 | 22,506 | |
 | Luz Colon | 2.6 | 21,917 | |
| Donavan West | 2.6 | 21,830 | |
| John Kelly | 2.5 | 21,153 | |
| Jalon Alexander | 2.0 | 16,628 | |
| Qiana Shedrick | 2.0 | 16,422 | |
| Abu Edwards | 1.8 | 15,105 | |
 | Michelle Prettyman | 1.7 | 14,720 | |
| Naderah Griffin | 1.5 | 12,354 | |
| Derwood Selby | 1.4 | 11,952 | |
| Charles Reyes | 1.3 | 11,301 | |
| Wayne Dorsey | 1.2 | 10,378 | |
 | Ogbonna Hagins | 0.9 | 7,403 | |
| Christopher Booth | 0.9 | 7,195 | |
| George Stevenson | 0.8 | 7,023 | |
| Curtis Segers III | 0.7 | 6,064 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 957 | ||
| Total votes: 841,870 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Orsino (D)
- Clayton Prince (D)
- Max Tuttleman (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Murray | 18.7 | 10,584 |
| ✔ | | Frank Cristinzio | 18.6 | 10,518 |
| ✔ |  | Gary Grisafi | 16.6 | 9,369 |
| ✔ | | Jim Hasher | 16.5 | 9,333 |
| ✔ | | Mary Kelly | 15.5 | 8,751 |
 | Sam Oropeza | 13.3 | 7,527 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 408 | ||
| Total votes: 56,490 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Edwards in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 179
Incumbent Jason Dawkins won election in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 179 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Dawkins (D) | 100.0 | 14,735 |
| Total votes: 14,735 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 179
Incumbent Jason Dawkins defeated Abu Edwards in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 179 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Dawkins | 75.7 | 2,145 |
| Abu Edwards | 24.3 | 688 | |
| Total votes: 2,833 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Abu Edwards did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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