Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna May 2009, Philadelphia yakasarudza meya wayo mutema wokutanga, James A. Young, muparidzi wePentekosti aiva nemakore 53 uye aimbova mutariri wedunhu racho. 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 vomushandirapamwe waYoung vanonzi
Mushandirapamwe waBarack Obama wokuwedzera kunyoreswa kwevanhu vatema uye vechiduku muPhiladelphia, vakawanda vavo vakavhotera Young. Nguva yake yakatanga musi waJuly 3, 2009.