Cherelle Parker will be Philadelphia's 100th mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Parker won the city's mayoral general election, CBS News projects Tuesday night.
PHILADELPHIA -- Parker ran against Republican David Oh, her former colleague on Philadelphia City Council. LIVE RESULTS: Follow 2023 Election Day races in Pennsylvania and New JerseyThe mayor-elect emerged from a deep Democratic primary field in May to secure her spot as her party's nominee. In an interview with CBS News Philadelphia's Ukee Washington last week, Parker said she aims to make Philly the 'safest, cleanest, greenest' big city in the nation.
She said she wants someone who has experience with the Philadelphia Police Department -- either current or past. 'Whomever that future commissioner will be, he or she will share my vision and we have to have chemistry and trust,' Parker said last week, 'and I have to know that they will not be afraid, Ukee, of leading in the area of public safety.' Parker opposes proposed safe injection sites as a strategy to fight the opioid epidemic and open-air drug market of Kensington.
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