Daily News | Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke is retiring and won’t seek reelection
City Council President Darrell L. Clarke on Thursday announced he will not seek reelection, ending a four-decade City Hall career that saw him rise from constituent services staffer to a leader who reshaped Council in his image.weeks of speculation about his intentions“This has been the most difficult decision that I have had to make in my life,” he told reporters after Thursday’s Council meeting.
Behind the scenes, candidates are already positioning themselves for those contests. All four veteran Democrats on Council — Kenyatta Johnson, Curtis Jones Jr., Cindy Bass and Mark Squilla — said Thursday that they’re considering running to succeed Clarke as president. But the race won’t start in earnest until after the May primary.
A Strawberry Mansion native, Clarke got his start as a constituent services staffer for then-Councilmember John F. Street in 1980. He eventually rose to chief of staff, and Street rose to Council president before running for mayor in 1999.
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