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Philly’s next mayor will inherit an unprecedented gun violence crisis. Here’s how it’s defining the race.

The Democrats running today must strike a balance that many of their predecessors did not: they must show they can fight crime while maintaining the criminal-justice reforms most of them supported.

Crime Scene Unit officers gather around a detective shortly after arriving at a crime scene along 1200 block of Snyder Avenue. Crime is driving the Philadelphia mayor's race in 2023 in a way not seen in years.
Crime Scene Unit officers gather around a detective shortly after arriving at a crime scene along 1200 block of Snyder Avenue. Crime is driving the Philadelphia mayor's race in 2023 in a way not seen in years.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
    by Anna Orso
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