1983 Philadelphia mayoral election
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The 1983 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Wilson Goode.
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Goode won the Democratic nomination by defeating former mayor Frank Rizzo, as well as several minor candidates, in the Democratic primary.
Goode was elected the first African American mayor of Philadelphia.