Overview

• Stanford formally announced her campaign Wednesday with an East Germantown event and a “Do the Work” launch video spotlighting her North Philadelphia upbringing.
• The open, heavily Democratic primary features State Sen. Sharif Street, State Reps. Chris Rabb and Morgan Cephas, physician David Oxman, and other newcomers.
• She founded the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium in 2020, which by 2022 reported serving more than 100,000 Philadelphians without access to testing and care.
• Stanford opened the Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity in North Philadelphia in 2021 and was appointed by President Joe Biden as HHS Mid-Atlantic regional director.
• Early polling from Black Leadership Pennsylvania showed Street leading before voter education, then a toss-up, indicating a fluid race.