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Donald Trump, Chris Christie
City Life

Trump: Chris Christie Could Be My Vice President

He didn’t come close to winning the presidential nomination, but Chris Christie could be your next vice president. According to a Donald Trump interview with […]

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
City Life

Poll: Clinton vs. Trump Is a Dead Heat in Pennsylvania

A new poll released by Quinnipiac University shows Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a dead heat in Pennsylvania. Clinton leads the poll of 1,077 […]

City Life

Chris Christie to Chair Donald Trump Transition Team

Chris Christie is going to work for The Donald. Today, Trump announced that Christie would chair his transition team — the group that will prepare […]

Bernie Sanders - Atlantic City
City Life

Bernie on the Boardwalk: Sanders Bashes Trump at Atlantic City Rally

In the building where Donald Trump once held Mike Tyson prizefights and World Wrestling Federation world championship matches, Bernie Sanders spoke before a crowd in […]

Citified

Better Elections Coalition Calls for End of City Commissioners

A new coalition of Philadelphia civic groups is calling for an end to the City Commissioners, the elected trio of officials that runs the city’s […]

City Life

Philly Latinos React as Donald Trump Becomes the Face of the GOP

You may not have heard much about Ted Cruz’s Latino roots during his campaign, but the fact is that “Felito” (a shortened version of Rafaelito, […]

City

Attack Ads Already Flying in Hotly Contested Pennsylvania Senate Race

It’s been just a week since the Pennsylvania primary election, but the general election is ramping into high gear — at least in the race […]

Citified

What’s Next for John Fetterman?

I texted my girlfriend while working on an election story Tuesday night. “Who’d you vote for in the Senate race?” I asked her. Her reply […]

Citified

The No-Bullshit Guide: 2016 Election’s Biggest Winners and Losers

Oftentimes, elections feel like they’ve been decided by the powers that be before they’re even over. The 2016 primary was different: It was full of genuine nail-biters. At […]

Citified

Only One Philly Ward Liked Both Obama and Bernie

Here’s a strange nugget from yesterday’s primary results: 6 out of the 7 wards* where a majority of voters cast ballots for Bernie Sanders … went for Hillary Clinton back in 2008. […]

Pennsylvania constitutional amendment to abolish Philadelphia traffic court
Citified

Voters Abolish Traffic Court, Approve Commission on African-American Males

Did Pennsylvanians finally put Traffic Court in the grave, once and for all? Le duh, as the French say. Though perhaps not by as wide […]

Donald Trump
City Life

Trump’s Showing in Pennsylvania Puts Him on Path to the Nomination

Pennsylvania awards 71 delegates to the Republican National Convention, the seventh-most of any state. But there’s a quirk in the law: Pennsylvania awards just 17 […]

Citified

Brian Sims Hangs On; Tonyelle Cook-Artis and Mark Cohen Get Booted

There was a pretty shocking upset in the Democratic state House primary races yesterday: A very briefly tenured representative — who was the preferred candidate of Philadelphia’s surging Northwest Coalition […]

City Life

Here’s Hillary Clinton’s Philly Victory Speech

Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania Primary on Tuesday, and she took her victory lap at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, flanked by the Pennsylvania politicians who’ve been flanking her all […]

Citified

Katie McGinty Soundly Beats Joe Sestak for Democratic Senate Nomination

Katie McGinty, Governor Tom Wolf‘s former chief of staff, won the four-way race Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate tonight, thoroughly beating her top rival, […]