1991 Philadelphia mayoral election

The 1991 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Democrat Ed Rendell.

Declared

 * Lucien Blackwell, City Councilman and Consumers Party nominee for Mayor in 1979
 * George R. Burrell, Jr., City Councilman
 * Peter Hearn, former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association
 * Ed Rendell, former District Attorney of Philadelphia and candidate for Mayor in 1987

Declared

 * Ronald Castille, Philadelphia District Attorney
 * Sam Katz, municipal finance expert
 * Frank Rizzo, former Mayor

Withdrew

 * Joan Specter, City Councilwoman (to run for re-election)
 * Dennis Morrison-Wesley, tax consultant (to run as New Philadelphia candidate)

Declined

 * Thacher Longstreth, nominee for Mayor in 1955 and 1971
 * Brian J. O'Neill, City Councilman

Results
Following Rizzo's death, City Council candidate Joseph Egan was selected by the Philadelphia Republican Party to replace Rizzo as the nominee.

Consumer

 * Pamela Lawler

New Alliance

 * Willie Dennis-Scott

New Philadelphia

 * Dennis Morrison-Wesley, tax consultant

Socialist Workers

 * Kathleen Mickells, coal miner and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988