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The 1967 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 7, 1967. Incumbent mayor James Tate narrowly defeated Republican challenger Arlen Specter in the general election.
In the Democratic primary, Tate successfully fended off a challenge by Alexander Hemphill, who had the backing of Philadelphia Democratic Party chair Francis R. Smith.
Specter would later be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980, where he served until 2011.
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