“Thank you to all of our members, leaders, and volunteers who supported our work this primary, fighting to elect Black progressive power locally and statewide. While we didn’t get all the results we were looking for, there is much to celebrate. And we wouldn’t be able to celebrate without your work!”
Read More“The results of our final round of member endorsement vote for the 2023 Primary are in! Hundreds of Reclaim’s dues paying members have chosen to endorse an additional candidate for City Council and a slate of judges for Municipal Court. “ click to read full blog!
Read More“Today Reclaim Philadelphia officially announced its first round of endorsements ahead of the city’s 2023 municipal primary election. By a near-unanimous vote, members have chosen to endorse two progressive champions: Helen Gym for Mayor and Amanda McIllmurray for City Council At-Large. “
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Reclaim’s Steering Committee recommends this first round of municipal endorsements due to the overwhelming support we’ve heard from members including through our recent member survey. We plan to interview a second round of candidates for potential endorsement in Spring of 2023.
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“Amanda McIllmurray, the cofounder and former political director for the progressive group Reclaim Philadelphia, is jumping into the race for City Council at-large next year.
Flanked by allies in FDR Park in South Philly on Saturday afternoon, McIllmurray touted her upbringing in a Northeast Philly union household, pitching a campaign that would orbit around labor, affordable housing, and public safety.
“I’m very much working to build a coalition between labor, progressives, and working-class people across the city,” said McIllmurray, who turned 30 the day before launching her campaign.” Read more here
Read MoreSince DA Krasner was elected we’ve seen 25 people exonerated who would have still been in prison to this day and relieved the prison population of more than 28,000 years. We need to keep families together, high-quality educational opportunities regardless of finances or ability, and community-enriching criminal justice reform. We need our local democratic process to be respected at every level of government and the power to make our own legislation to keep our communities safe and thriving.
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“Our candidates faced organized bankrolled resistance: conservative Republican donors like Jeffrey Yass colluding with the Democratic machine, anti-education interests attacking our communities and fighting to silence us. But overwhelmingly across the entire city, our movement of working people of all races in all places was not defeated.”
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“If you talk to your average voter, they don’t know who their committeepeople are or what the role is,” said Cea, 36. “I always tell people that that is not their fault. This is a disinvestment in voters from the local Democratic Party.”
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“Hopefully we get the most progressive candidate to win so that folks are motivated to come out and vote in the fall,” said Sergio Cea of the Senate Race. To Cea, a 37-year-old community organizer, and son of Chilean immigrants, this could either be Lt. Gov. John Fetterman or State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. “I’m going to throw down for whoever wins.” Read more here
Read More"We've seen Biden really hesitate and flounder" on critical issues for liberal voters, said Amanda McIllmurray, the political director for Reclaim Philadelphia, a progressive group. Fetterman's win proved "the way to get people excited and out to the polls is to talk about the issues that really matter to them, like housing, student loan forgiveness, and taking climate change seriously." Read more here
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