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Nonpartisan elections: the take by Sam Katz, John Street, and others
Last week I got the opportunity to sit down with former Republican contender for mayor, Sam Katz. We spoke on a number of subjects, more notably his view of nonpartisan elections in Philadelphia. He told me that he hadn’t given … Continue reading
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Tagged Academics, Ellen Kaplan, John Street, Karen Kauffman, Michael Meehan, Politcians, Sam Katz, Topic
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Interview: Sam Katz, a three-time Republican mayoral candidate
This afternoon I was privileged enough to speak with Sam Katz, one of the most successful Republican politicians in Philadelphia in the last half century. Nothing speaks more to the party’s struggles here than the truth of that statement and … Continue reading
Interview: John Street, former Philadelphia mayor
Early this morning I interviewed former Philadelphia Mayor John Street, now an adjunct professor of political science at Temple University. I was speaking to him for my honors thesis, which is focusing on the viability of the Republican Party in … Continue reading
Post-racial urban politics: hardly
We have called for and expected the end of mainstream institutional racism in the United States since about the third day after it was exported to this country, maybe 400 years ago. Back in 1999, when white Republican Sam Katz … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Taubenberger, Carl Singley, John Street, Michael Nutter, Politicians, Sam Katz, Topic
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When national politics haunt Philadelphia candidates
July 4, 2001 Photo by William Thomas Cain for Getty Images on Oct. 21, 2003, not to be distributed.
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Tagged John Street, Sam Katz
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Philadelphia magazine: Can Michael Nutter be a reformer?
Can an established Democrat in a city that has seen nothing but Democratic rule for more than 50 years really be a reformer? Back in January, Philadelphia magazine had a great profile of Philadelphia’s likely next Mayor, who is charged … Continue reading
Shame of a City: a Philadelphia mayoral election documentary
In 2003, the Philadelphia mayoral contest was set to be of epic proportions. It was a rematch of now-incumbent Mayor John F. Street and Republican Sam Katz. In 1999, Katz lost by less than 8,000 votes, the closest election in … Continue reading
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