In re Nomination Petitions for Pinckney

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

John F. Street and Alicia Allison (Appellants) appeal the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia (trial court) which dismissed Appellants’ challenge to the nomination petition of Michael Anthony Pinckney for lack of standing. We affirm the trial court and will consider the standing of each Appellant separately.

Pinckney is a candidate in the Republican party primary election for the office of Councilman for the Fifth Councilmanic District in the City of Philadelphia. Street is the Democrat incumbent in that office, and he *538alleges that his status as the…