No Republican is running for Philadelphia DA this year, party leaders say
It was fewer than three years ago that Republicans led an unsuccessful drive to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, whom they blamed for the city’s pandemic-era gun violence crisis.
But now, as Krasner seeks his third term in office, the Republican Party can’t find a single person who wants to replace him.
With just days left to file nomination paperwork to run in the primary election for district attorney this year, no candidate has emerged on the GOP side, and party leaders say it’s unlikely one will.
It means that, for the first time in decades, the city’s 130,000 registered Republicans won’t see a candidate from their party on the ballot for district attorney — despite Philadelphia’s shift to the right in last year’s presidential election.
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