Daily News | Democratic nominee for mayor Cherelle Parker gets her election night victory party two weeks late
How Cherelle Parker won the primary: Black voters, a boost from labor, and a personal story of Philly grit
Speaking for about 30 minutes, Parker told the story of her campaign through the people who supported it, thanking well over 100 people by name, including family, friends, mentors, elected officials who endorsed her, labor leaders, consultants, donors, and members of her campaign team. She said it took off when she was endorsed by the building trades, thanking Samuel Staten Jr. of the Laborers District Council and more than a dozen other leaders in organized labor.
Her list included such names as Pat Eiding, the former head of the AFL-CIO in the city; Steve Sweeney, the former New Jersey state Senate president and an ironworker by trade; and even Bobby Henon, the ex-City Council member and electricians’ union official who is now servingShe also thanked the Democratic party, chairman Bob Brady, andWhile there were plenty of elected officials and newsmakers on her list of supporters, most of those Parker thanked were ordinary people who’d helped her along...
And after the lengthy list of names, Parker breathed deeply, then ended her remarks with a simple question.
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