Daily News | David Oh prepares to challenge Philly’s Democratic dominance as the GOP nominee for mayor
David Oh has won his uncontested race to be the Republican nominee for mayor of Philadelphia.
“When you look at registration, yeah it’s significant, but it’s really only significant when you have candidates you don’t know,” he said. “For the last 20 years, Philadelphia hasn’t had a good Republican candidate. The last credible candidate they had was when Sam Katz was a candidate. But Sam Katz did not come with a diversity of voters, he was an alternative to John Street, and he did not do well among nonwhite voters.
While most Republicans usually get the bulk of their votes from comparatively conservative parts of South and Northeast Philadelphia, Oh has won support from pockets across the city. Those votes helped him hang onto his seat when Brooks won in 2019.“When the race is over, they don’t retain staff, they don’t plan for November. They’re not picking up any additional votes, and a lot of those votes are already committed to me.
His time in office has also had its share of controversies and unusual moments. In 2011, he was criticized and eventually apologized for exaggerating his military service by implying that he had been in the Army Special Forces, or Green Berets, when he had not. Since then, Oh has frequently championed veterans issues on Council.due to a lack of corroborating evidence.
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