Daily News | A Philly progressive operative is jumping into the 2023 City Council at-large race
The last at-large contest in 2019 was a Super Smash Brothers-esque battle royal, with over 30 Democrat and Republican candidates competing on the ballot. That year also proved to be a boon for the city’s left, with the election of the first-ever Working Families Party candidate to Council in Kendra Brooks, among other significant victories in the state legislature.
McIllmurray was a key force behind many of those victories as the former political director of Reclaim. In 2016, McIllmurray was working as a nanny, a law firm clerk, and a softball umpire when she got involved with Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. When Sanders lost the nomination, McIllmurray and other local Bernie acolytes formed Reclaim as a way to channel the energy into local races.
In the six years since, the outfit has become a respected kingmaker whose endorsement is sought after by both moderate and self-styled progressive candidates. Reclaim helped lift District Attorney Larry Krasner in 2017, and has sinceThe kickoff event came with endorsements from Krasner, Sen. Nikil Saval, State Rep. Rick Krajewski, and State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler — Reclaim-endorsed members of the city’s progressive wing who won elections over more moderate Democratic challengers in recent years.
“[McIllmurray] is not afraid to be on the frontlines,” Krajewski said in a statement. “She understands politics is a contact sport and will have our backs when it’s time to hit the streets.”
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