Gary Masino, the Democrat running for City Council’s 10th District seat, will stay on the ballot. But a competitive race for Brian O’Neill's seat could boost Republicans running citywide.
The majority of this year's district Council races feature only one candidate on the primary ballot and no Republican challenger in the general election.
Republicans in Philadelphia face an existential threat of potentially having no members elected this year to serve on City Council. And the party is mired in an intraparty feud.
While a period of massive transition has already been well underway at Philadelphia City Council with three unclaimed at-large seats for the taking, not to mention the more than 30.