Election Name: | 1987 Philadelphia mayoral election |
Country: | Philadelphia |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 1983 |
Next Year: | 1991 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1987 |
Turnout: | 71.12% of registered voters 8 pp 38.76% of total population[1] |
Image1: | File:Wilson Goode (1).jpg |
Nominee1: | Wilson Goode |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 333,254 |
Percentage1: | 51.09% |
Nominee2: | Frank Rizzo |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 319,053 |
Percentage2: | 48.91% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Wilson Goode |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Wilson Goode |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1987 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the reelection of Wilson Goode over former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had switched to the Republican Party.