Mayor Jim Kenney said Monday that he has voted for former City Councilmember Cherelle Parker in the hyper-competitive race to succeed him — but he stressed that he was not endorsing her and criticized former mayors who have backed other candidates.
— but he stressed that he was not endorsing her and criticized former mayors who have backed other candidates.
Kenney has weathered an immense amount of criticism in his second term, primarily for not appearing to be sufficiently invested in combating the city’s ongoing gun violence crisis, and several of the candidates running to succeed him have sought to use his administration as a foil for how they would run the city.Advertisement
Still, Parker does not appear to be embracing the mayor’s support, and her campaign spokesperson Aren Platt declined to comment on Kenney’s comments Monday.
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