About Allan Domb

Allan Domb is a business, community and government leader running in the 2023 Democratic primary to serve as Philadelphia's 100th Mayor.

Allan is running for Mayor because he understands that Philadelphia is in crisis -- we have a public safety crisis, a poverty crisis, an affordable housing crisis and an education crisis. But most importantly, the city faces a crisis of leadership, with a mayor who seems to have quit on it and leaders in City Hall who too often focus on the wants of special interests rather than the needs of all residents and workers.

As someone who built a successful business before twice being elected to City Council, Allan will bring a results focused skill set and perspective to the Mayor's office.

Since founding his own business more than 40 years ago, Allan has helped create thousands of jobs in neighborhoods across the city, supported other small businesses and invested in the city's future. His experience as a business leader taught him that bringing people together to work on shared goals -- rather than focusing on creating winners and losers as most politicians do -- is the best way to ensure everyone can benefit. After building his successful business, Allan wanted to give back to the city which had given him so much, so he ran for City Council in 2015.

After winning without the support of the City Hall insiders and the political establishment, in his seven years on City Council, Allan focused on helping small and neighborhood businesses grow and thrive, cutting taxes for lower-income taxpayers, and making every neighborhood safer by, among other things, creating opportunities for incarcerated people to get job training and education so when they return home from prison they can avoid going back to jail. 
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Allan pushed to change business as usual politics, calling for term limits for politicians, creating new rules for oversight on how City Council members spend our money, and exposing waste and mismanagement that costs taxpayers money. He invested in our children's future by donating his Council salary to education programs. community groups and the city's public schools. He also returned millions to Philadelphia schools by passing a law to improve Philadelphia's tax collection.

Allan raised his family in Philadelphia and is the proud father of his son Daniel and the proud grandfather of three. Allan lives with his rescue dog, Allie.