Queena Bass, activist and former Thomas Jefferson University Hospital employee
Dwight Evans, State Representative from the 203rd district
Happy Fernandez, At-Large City Councilwoman
John F. Street, City Councilman from District 5
Martin Weinberg, judge and former City Solicitor
John F. White, Jr., former City Councilman from District 9 and State Representative from the 200th district
Declined[edit]
Ed Rendell, incumbent Mayor
Results[edit]
Philadelphia mayoral election, 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
John F. Street
107,285
36.11%
Democratic
Martin Weinberg
91,457
30.78%
Democratic
John F. White, Jr.
64,657
21.76%
Democratic
Happy Fernandez
18,200
6.13%
Democratic
Dwight Evans
13,711
4.62%
Democratic
Queena Bass
1,802
0.61%
Turnout
297,112
100.00
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Declared[edit]
Sam Katz, candidate for Mayor in 1991
Results[edit]
Philadelphia Republican mayoral primary, 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sam Katz
27,011
100.00%
Turnout
27,011
100.00
Sam Katz was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
General election[edit]
Results[edit]
Philadelphia mayoral election, 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Democratic
John F. Street
211,136
49.52%
-30.12%
Republican
Sam Katz
203,908
49.12%
+29.31
Independent
Other
5,376
1%
+0.46
Majority
Turnout
Democratic hold
Swing
References[edit]
^Denvir, Daniel (22 May 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way". City Lab. Retrieved 28 April 2019.