James F. Kenney Politician

James F. Kenney is a Democratic politician and former member of the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On February 4, 2015, he announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Philadelphia.He has been held one of the Council's At-Large seats since the 1991 election, when he succeeded George Burrell, who had resigned from Council to mount an ultimately unsuccessful bid for Mayor.Kenney currently serves as Chairman of the Council Committee on Labor and Civil Service. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, Committee on the Environment, and Committee on Law and Government, and is a member of the Committee on Public Safety, Technology and Information Services, Public Property and Public Works, Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation, Public Health and Human Services, and the Legislative Oversight Committee.