PA Primary: Parker, Youngblood Being Challenged

Democratic state legislators in Chestnut Hill will face a variety of challengers in an April 24 primary. in

Candidates were required to file petitions for primary last week.

It initially looked like the races would be more complicated than they are now. State legislative districts throughout Chestnut Hill were slated to change because of a redistricting process.

That was before a judicial decision preserved the current boundaries. With that in mind, here's who's running in local elections:

• 2nd Congressional District: Incumbent Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah and Republican challenger Robert Mansfield are running unopposed.
• 198th State Representative District: Incumbent Rosita Youngblood will face two challengers in the primary. Malik Boyd, who is the president of Philadelphia Young Democrats, is challenging her, as is Charisma Presley—the assistant director at the Center for Multicultural Affairs at Villanova University.
• 200th State Representative District: Bobbie Curry will oppose incumbent state Rep. Cherelle Parker in the Democratic primary. 

The deadline to file objections to the petitions was Thursday.

Review the attached document for the complete list of candidates.