Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2009, Philadelphia ta zaɓi magajin gari baƙar fata na farko, James A. Young, mai wa'azin Pentecostal mai shekara 53 da 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 sun yaba wa yakin neman zaben Barack Obama
don kara yawan masu jefa kuri'a baki da matasa a Philadelphia, da yawa daga cikinsu sun zabi Young. Wa'adinsa ya fara ne a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 2009.