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While the PA primary may be delayed, we know that it will occur sometime this year. We should be ready to elect transformative officials at every level that will put people first, not the big corporations, and we should insist that voting will be safe, secure, and as accessible as possible. RESULTS OF ENDORSEMENT POLL FOR...
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Progressives scored historic victories in the 2019 General Election for local candidates in both Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. Philly Neighborhood Networks deployed scores of volunteers who canvassed and Got Out the Vote for our endorsed candidates. Those votes were vital to vaulting Kendra Brooks into a minority seat on City Council- the first time an independent...
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We have a chance for real change in City Hall. The Republicans who, by default, always get elected to those two City Council minority party seats, are facing their first real challenge in a long time – by two local progressives, Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke, candidates from the Working Families Party. Philly Neighborhood Networks endorsed...
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Philly Neighborhood Networks has a plan to increase voter engagement to get our progressive endorsed candidates elected in Nov 2019 and will also put us in a good position to win in the crucial national 2020 Election. It will include us reaching out to voters, finding out what’s important to them and engaging them in the...
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The 2019 primary election demonstrated the growing power of the Party’s progressive wing as Philly Neighborhood Networks-endorsed candidates retained two At-Large Council seats and put up strong challenges in other Council and City Commissioner races while, at the same time, wresting three Common Pleas judgeships from Party control. Note that there were 28 candidates for...
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