Election Night in Philadelphia: Voters Decide on Judges, DA
Photojournalist Kriston Jae Bethel documents the 2025 general election that would determine who sits on Pennsylvania's highest court and the city's top prosecutor—through the quiet determination at polls, the methodical work of counters, the anticipatory wait for results.
Left: Brenda Gonzalez-Rivera and Harold Santo-Sanchez review ballot options outside the Lewis Elkin Elementary School polling station in the Kensington neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Right: A voting poster is displayed outside the polling station. CREDIT: Kriston Jae Bethel for The Philly Download
Voters arrive at the Penrose Recreation Center polling station in North Philadelphia, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. CREDIT: Kriston Jae Bethel for The Philly Download
Left: A voter is assisted outside of a polling location at Casa Indiana in the Fairhill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Right: Poll workers assist voters inside the Casa Indiana polling station. CREDIT: Kriston Jae Bethel for The Philly Download.
Commissioner Seth Bluestein is interviewed at the Philadelphia Ballot Processing Center in Northeast Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. CREDIT: Kriston Jae Bethel for The Philly Download
Left: An American flag hangs on a wall at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 Training Center in the Southwark neighborhood during Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty's watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Right: A voter receives assistance while casting a ballot at the polling station at Lewis Elkin Elementary School in the Kensington neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025. CREDIT: Kriston Jae Bethel for The Philly Download
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Kriston Jae Bethel
Kriston Jae Bethel is a Philadelphia-based editorial and documentary photographer, featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and NPR, with commissions by various brands and nonprofits.
