In 2019, Philadelphians re-elected Jim Kenney to a second term as mayor and four new councilmembers joined the city council.

Jamie Gauthier beat incumbent Jannie Blackwell in the District 3 primary and Kendra Brooks made history as the first third-party city councilmember in Philadelphia as a Working Families Party candidate.

6th District Councilmember Bobby Henon resigned after being convicted of corruption charges and was replaced with Michael Driscoll.

State legislators Newspapers Organizations Political parties The 9th district seat was filled by Anthony Phillips in the 2022 special election.

Two at-large seats were temporarily vacant due to the resignations of Derek S. Green and Allan Domb to consider mayoral runs.

There will be three open seats in the 2023 election due to the resignations of Helen Gym and David Oh, and the retirement of Sharon Vaughn.