Original sentence: As he is a former Philadelphia mayor who is well-known and popular across the metropolitan area, Murphy may have some coattails to ride.Congress  in 2002 for an open seat against Democrat Dan Wofford, in a district gerrymandered for Gerlach to win.The Democratic challenger in 2006 is again Lois Murphy, who beat developer Mike Leibowitz in the primary, getting 73% of the vote
Edited sentence: As he is a former Philadelphia mayor who is well-known and popular across the metropolitan area.Congress  in 2002 for an open seat against Democrat Dan Wofford.The Democratic challenger in 2006 is again Lois Murphy, who beat developer Mike Leibowitz in the primary with 73% of the vote