Republicans almost never win in Philadelphia. Can one of the city's lone elected Republicans break the streak of Democratic control?
Which made it all the more stunning when one of those Republicans, David Oh, left his seat of more than a decade earlier this year to mount a longshot bid for mayor.
Philadelphia Republican David Oh, inset, against the backdrop of the city's skyline. Oh seeks to become its first Republican mayor since the 1950s.But in a place where the previous two Republicans lost their mayoral bids by well over 50 points, Oh shares a lot in common with his fellow GOP members: nobody really seems to listen to him.
On Sunday, Oh's campaign met with leaders of Philadelphia's Kyrgyzstani American community—just days after prior meetings with the city's Ahiskan Turkish American community. He's also spent a significant share of time targeting Hispanic and African-American communities in the city, intently focused on issues like gentrification and the city's response to
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