Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2009, Philadelphia ta zaɓi baƙar fata na farko a matsayin magajin garin, James A. Young, wani mai wa'azi ɗan shekara 53 da kuma tsohon mai kula da gundumar. Ya kayar da Rayburn Waddell, fararen fata, mai mulki na tsawon lokaci uku, da kuri'u 46 a cikin Democratic primary (babu wani dan takarar Republican). Jim Prince, mawallafin jaridar "The Neshoba Democrat" ta gida ya ce, "Filadelfiya koyaushe za ta kasance da alaƙa da abin da ya faru a nan a 1964, amma gaskiyar cewa Philadelphia, Mississippi, tare da sanannen tarihinta, na iya zaɓar baƙar fata a matsayin magajin gari, yana iya zama lokaci don dakatar da zaɓar Philadelphia, Mississippi. " Ma'aikatan yakin neman zaben Young da aka yaba
Barack Obama ya yi yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa don kara yawan masu jefa kuri'a na baƙar fata da matasa a Philadelphia, da yawa daga cikinsu sun zabi Young. Wa'adinsa ya fara ne a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 2009.