Isaiah Thomas Sr. (born 3 July 1984) is a Democratic politician and At-Large member of Philadelphia City Council.

[6] Thomas is one of 10 children born to parents Barry, an educator and coach and Veronica, president of the deaconess board of Triumph Baptist Church.

[8] He graduated from Penn State in 2007[9] with a degree in sociology and social behavior and obtained a master's in education from Lincoln University.

[13][14] While working at Philadelphia Freedom Schools, Thomas witnessed the negative effects of education cuts by former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and credited this experience as one of the reasons he became politically involved.

[19] In 2015, Thomas again ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary City Council At-Large, this time only narrowly defeated.

He received endorsements from The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board,[20] former mayor John F. Street,[21] Councilmembers Curtis J. Jones Jr. and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, City Controller Alan Butkovitz and several labor unions.

[35] The eight motor vehicle code violations enforced by Driving Equality are: The bill passed in City Council on Thursday, October 14, 2021, with a 14–2 vote.

[42] In December 2020, Thomas introduced legislation to require hotels and food service contractors at the airport and the stadiums to retain workers instead of firing them if the contract or employer is sold.

[43] Thomas also sponsored and moved legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic to require 50% of the city's request-for-proposals (RFPs) bids would be granted to Philadelphia businesses.