Daily News | Former Mayor Bill Green III is endorsing Allan Domb in Philly mayor’s race
Green is the fourth former Philly mayor to make an endorsement in the race and the first who is not lining up behind former City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, whoGreen, known as Bill, is likely the last former mayor to weigh in. His successor, W. Wilson Goode Sr., typically doesn’t get involved in city politics because he gets city grant money for his philanthropic work. And as a sitting mayor, Jim Kenney is not expected to take a side.
His father, Bill Green Jr., was the local Democratic Party boss and was also a powerful member of Congress. His son, Bill Green IV, went on to become a Council member and chair of the now-defunct Philadelphia School Reform Commission. Green narrowly defeated former Deputy Mayor Charles Bowser in the 1979 Democratic primary, stymieing what at the time appeared to be the best chance for Philadelphia to elect its first Black mayor. But Green then declined to run for reelection and instead endorsed Goode, who served as managing director in Green’s administration and broke the color barrier in the mayor’s office.
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