Parker Explains Absence After Winning Philadelphia Democratic Mayoral Primary

By CBS News Philadelphia Staff, Natasha Brown, and Jasmine Payoute

May 23, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Cherelle Parker was back on the campaign in the race for Philadelphia mayor almost a week after she missed her victory party while she was in the hospital. Parker won the Democratic primary last Tuesday.

Parker revealed the root of her dental emergency and discussed some of what a Parker administration would look like.

"Our message has taken hold across the city," she said, "but most importantly in the neighborhoods and communities [that] are closest to the pain of gun violence, neighborhood blight, struggling schools, and quite frankly, a lack of economic opportunity."

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