1959 Philadelphia municipal election
Philadelphia's municipal election of November 3, 1959 involved contests for mayor, all seventeen city council seats, and several other executive and judicial offices. Citywide, the Democrats took majorities of over 200,000 votes, continuing their success from the elections four years earlier. Richardson Dilworth, who had been elected mayor in 1955, was re-elected over Republican nominee Harold Stassen. The Democrats also took fifteen of seventeen city council seats, the most seats allowed to any one party under the 1951 city charter. They further kept control of the other citywide offices. The election represented a continued consolidation of control by the Democrats after their citywide victories of the previous eight years.
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1959 Philadelphia municipal election
Philadelphia's municipal election of November 3, 1959 involved contests for mayor, all seventeen city council seats, and several other executive and judicial offices. Citywide, the Democrats took majorities of over 200,000 votes, continuing their success from the elections four years earlier. Richardson Dilworth, who had been elected mayor in 1955, was re-elected over Republican nominee Harold Stassen. The Democrats also took fifteen of seventeen city council seats, the most seats allowed to any one party under the 1951 city charter. They further kept control of the other citywide offices. The election represented a continued consolidation of control by the Democrats after their citywide victories of the previous eight years.
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Philadelphia's municipal elect ...... s of the previous eight years.
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1959-11-03
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Philadelphia mayoral election, 1959
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Democratic Party
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At-large vote share by party
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Philadelphia
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1959-11-03
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Philadelphia mayoral election, 1959
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Ward-level results in the mayor's race, with Dilworth in blue and Stassen in red
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Richardson Dilworth
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Civic
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Philadelphia's municipal elect ...... s of the previous eight years.
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1959 Philadelphia municipal election
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