John Staggs
John Staggs was a 2015 Socialist Workers Party candidate for At-large of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. John Staggs lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election took place on May 19, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 10, 2015. There were seven at-large seats up for election, one of which was vacant at the time of the election. Two at-large seats on the Philadelphia City Council are reserved for members of the minority party. In the Democratic at-large primary, Derek Green, Allan Domb, Helen Gym and incumbents Blondell Reynolds Brown and William Greenlee advanced past incumbents Edward Neilson and W. Wilson Goode, Jr. and Jenne Baccar Ayers, Wilson Alexander, Thomas Wyatt, Carla Cain, Lillian Ford, Paul Steinke, Barbara Capozzi, Marnie Aument Loughery, Sherrie Cohen, Billy Ivery, Frank Rizzo and Isaiah Thomas. In the Republican at-large primary, incumbents David Oh and Dennis M. O’Brien and Terrence Tracy Jr., Daniel Tinney and Al Taubenberger advanced past James Williams and Matt Wolfe. Green Party candidate Kristin Combs, Independent candidate Sheila Armstrong, Philadelphia Party candidate Andrew Stober and Socialist Workers Party candidate John Staggs also ran in the general election. Gym, Green, Domb, Brown, Greenlee, Oh and Taubenberger won election to the at-large seats.[1][2]
| Philadelphia City Council At-large, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Helen Gym |
15.9% | 145,087 | |
| Democratic | Derek Green |
15.8% | 144,337 | |
| Democratic | Allan Domb |
15.7% | 143,265 | |
| Democratic | Blondell Reynolds Brown Incumbent |
15.5% | 141,368 | |
| Democratic | William Greenlee Incumbent |
15.1% | 137,315 | |
| Republican | David Oh Incumbent |
3.8% | 34,887 | |
| Republican | Al Taubenberger |
3.8% | 34,711 | |
| Republican | Dennis M. O’Brien Incumbent | 3.8% | 34,324 | |
| Republican | Daniel Tinney | 3.5% | 31,863 | |
| Republican | Terrence Tracy Jr. | 3.1% | 28,050 | |
| Philadelphia | Andrew Stober | 1.8% | 16,301 | |
| Green | Kristin Combs | 1.2% | 11,366 | |
| Independent | Sheila Armstrong | 0.6% | 5,466 | |
| Socialist Workers | John Staggs | 0.3% | 3,028 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.01% | 105 | ||
| Total Votes | 911,473 | |||
| Source: City of Philadelphia, "Official general election results," accessed November 23, 2015 | ||||
| Philadelphia City Council, At-large Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Derek Green |
10.6% | 68,505 | ||
| Blondell Reynolds Brown Incumbent |
9.8% | 62,922 | ||
| Allan Domb |
9% | 57,691 | ||
| William Greenlee Incumbent |
7.9% | 50,849 | ||
| Helen Gym |
7.7% | 49,270 | ||
| Isaiah Thomas | 7.5% | 48,000 | ||
| W. Wilson Goode, Jr. Incumbent | 7.2% | 46,555 | ||
| Sherrie Cohen | 7.1% | 45,847 | ||
| Edward Neilson Incumbent | 6.3% | 40,786 | ||
| Paul Steinke | 5.8% | 37,104 | ||
| Jenne Baccar Ayers | 5.1% | 32,637 | ||
| Thomas Wyatt | 4.7% | 30,310 | ||
| Frank Rizzo | 4.1% | 26,260 | ||
| Wilson Alexander | 3% | 19,210 | ||
| Carla Cain | 2.7% | 17,115 | ||
| Marnie Aument Loughery | 1.7% | 10,890 | ||
| Write-in | 0% | 87 | ||
| Total Votes | 644,038 | |||
| Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners, "Historical Election Results," accessed August 24, 2015 | ||||
| Philadelphia City Council, At-large Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
David Oh Incumbent |
18% | 8,960 | ||
| Dennis M. O’Brien Incumbent |
16.2% | 8,038 | ||
| Terrence Tracy Jr. |
15.7% | 7,801 | ||
| Daniel Tinney |
15.1% | 7,528 | ||
| Al Taubenberger |
13.2% | 6,587 | ||
| Matt Wolfe | 11.7% | 5,800 | ||
| James Williams | 10% | 4,979 | ||
| Write-in | 0.1% | 32 | ||
| Total Votes | 49,725 | |||
| Source: Philadelphia City Commissioners, "Historical Election Results," accessed August 24, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
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