Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner launches campaign for third term
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner launched a campaign for his third term on Tuesday during a news conference.
In his speech announcing the run, Krasner talked about leading the nation in big-city safety with homicides dropping.
"We have been on this track now, we're on our fifth year of being on this track, of homicides going down and down and down," he said.
But in 2021, Philadelphia saw more than 560 murders, the highest number on record. The Krasner campaign says the city's murder rate is more than 25% lower than when he took office in 2018.
Twenty-eight homicides have been documented so far in 2025, according to Philadelphia Police Department data, compared to 41 in the same period last year.
Former Philadelphia judge Pat Dugan announced a campaign last month with hopes of ousting Krasner. The Philadelphia Building Trades endorsed Dugan after he officially announced he was running.
During his second term, Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania's House of Representatives tried to impeach Krasner over his policies, but the state Supreme Court ruled that the articles of impeachment had expired.
Krasner, who is known as a progressive prosecutor, overwhelmingly won with 71.8% of the vote in 2021 in the general election for Philadelphia district attorney over Republican Chuck Peruto. Krasner beat Carlos Vega with 66.8% of the vote in the Democratic primary in that same year.
In 2017, Krasner won the primary in a crowded field of Democrats and won the general election over Republican Beth Grossman.
