Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muna May 2009, Philadelphia yakasarudza meya wayo mutema wokutanga, James A. Young, muparidzi wePentekosti ane makore 53 uye aimbova mutariri wedunhu. Akakunda Rayburn Waddell, muchena, katatu-term incumbent, nemavhoti makumi mana nematanhatu muDemocratic primary (pakanga pasina muRepublican challenger). Jim Prince, muparidzi wepepanhau romunzvimbomo rinonzi "The Neshoba Democrat" akati, "Philadelphia ichagara yakabatanidzwa nezvakaitika pano muna 1964, asi idi rokuti Philadelphia, Mississippi, ine nguva yakapfuura ine mukurumbira wakaipa, inogona kusarudza murume mutema sa meya, ingangova nguva yokurega kutsvaka muPhiladelphia, Mississippi". Vashandi vekambani yaYoung vakapa mbiri kumushandirapamwe waBarack Obama
nokuda kwokuwedzera kunyoresa kwavatema uye vasarudzo vaduku muPhiladelphia, vazhinji vavo vakasarudza Young. Nguva yake yakatanga musi waJuly 3, 2009.