Democratic leaders of the Branch in Philadelphia voted last night so as not to support the candidate in this year’s competition for the District Prosecutor, addressing the current official Larry Krasner.
For the second time in four years, the group decided to reject the progressive incident, and the second time in a row the leaders of the unit remained outside the game after they did not support the candidate in the race for the mayor 2023.
The party will have an open basis between Krasner and Challenger Patrick Dugan. Each of the 66 individual totems and their leaders will be able to support the candidate by choice. Examples of voting cards can have “X” for one of the candidates or may be empty.
Former US representative. Bob BradyThe chairman of the Democratic City Committee said that the Group Policy Committee was divided into support and hopes that the decision allows individual department leaders to make decisions that are best for their own districts.
Krasner, who did not formally announce the offer for the third term, was under fire for his progressive views. He said Philadelphia Inquirer That The decision indicates that the party leaders are resistant to progressive and “Hellbent about not developing a democratic base.”
“This is just one sign that the rusty parts of the political machine do not want to be replaced with shiny,” he said, adding that non-endoring “does not matter in terms of my candidacy.”
In 2021, the Democrats also decided not to support when Krasner ran to re -election. The House of Representatives in Pennsylvania accused him in 2022, but the Status’ Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that the legislators were incorrectly tried to extend this trial at various legislative sessions.
Dugan, a former judge of the city court, has the support of the influential Filadelphia Building Trades & Construction Council. As a judge, he has already established relations with these leaders, as well as those who run troops.
In Dugan’s statement, he told Inquirer that “he was” grateful to the Democratic City Committee for the possibility of providing voters to the real choice of public security with our next District Prosecutor. “
