He's the second statewide elected Democrat to buck local party leaders and back Working Families Party candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O'Rourke for Philadelphia City Council.
“Philadelphia has the opportunity to elect two champions for working families, instead of a Republican Party that’s fighting progress everywhere you look,” he said. “As Senator, I want partners in government in Philadelphia and throughout our commonwealth who are champions in putting working families over billionaires and corporate donors.”
that are effectively reserved for non-Democrats. Those seats were held by Republicans for 70 years until 2019, when Brooks won her first term.Fetterman’s backing comes less than two weeks after Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro announced he is backing Brooks for Council, a decision that prompted pushback from Bob Brady, chair of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee.
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