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Kenney, by a landslide

Jim F. Kenney wins the Democratic primary with over 55 percent of the vote.

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When the first precinct’s votes came in shortly after 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, James F. Kenney took the lead in the Democratic primary and never let go of the reins.

Kenney, a 23-year City Councilman, was one of the last candidates to formally enter the mayor's race earlier this year. After a ferocious campaign, he gained more votes on Election Day than his opponents State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, former District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham, former Common Pleas Court Judge Nelson A. Diaz, former PGW executive Doug Oliver, former State Sen. T. Milton Street Sr. — more votes than all of them combined.

With 98 percent of precincts tallied, Williams will certainly come in second place with over 60,000 votes, far less than half of Kenney's 128,000.

Kenney will face the sole Republican candidate Melissa Murray Bailey in the November General election.

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