The 1991 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Democrat Ed Rendell.
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Turnout | 61%[1] 10 pp | ||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Rendell | 146,373 | 49.50% | |
Democratic | Lucien Blackwell | 79,212 | 26.79% | |
Democratic | George R. Burrell, Jr. | 43,787 | 14.81% | |
Democratic | Peter Hearn | 26,353 | 8.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Rizzo | 47,523 | 36.45% | |
Republican | Ronald Castille | 46,094 | 35.35% | |
Republican | Sam Katz | 36,764 | 28.20% |
Following Rizzo's death, City Council candidate Joseph Egan was selected by the Philadelphia Republican Party to replace Rizzo as the nominee.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ed Rendell | 288,467 | 64.24% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Joseph M. Egan, Jr. | 132,811 | 29.58% | ||
New Philadelphia | Dennis Morrison-Wesley | 14,640 | 3.26% | ||
Citizens | Pamela Lawler | 9,367 | 2.09% | ||
New Alliance | Willie Dennis Scott | 1,934 | 0.43% | ||
Socialist Workers | Kathleen Mickells | 1,811 | 0.40% | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 449,030 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |