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MAYORAL Q&A

Philadelphia voters will go to the polls to select the major-party candidates for mayor May 19. With that in mind, the Inquirer Editorial Board posed seven questions on the issues that will face the city's next mayor. Responses from candidates - all Democ

Philadelphia voters will go to the polls to select the major-party candidates for mayor May 19. With that in mind, the Inquirer Editorial Board posed seven questions on the issues that will face the city's next mayor. Responses from candidates - all Democrats except for Republican Melissa Murray Bailey - have been published daily this week, with the final installment coming Sunday. (T. Milton Street Sr.'s campaign did not respond to invitations to participate.) To see previous responses, visit

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Today: Poverty.

What would you do to lower Philadelphia's dramatic 28 percent poverty rate?

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