11 Facts About Al Taubenberger

Alfred W Taubenberger was born on 1953 and is an American politician and businessman.

Al Taubenberger worked as Councilman Kelly's chief-of-staff, was vice-chair of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission, member of the Philadelphia Zoning Code Commission, administrator of the Philadelphia City Council Republican Caucus, and ran the district office of US Rep.

In 2002 and 2004 Al Taubenberger ran for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district.

In 2007, Al Taubenberger ran for mayor of Philadelphia against Michael Nutter.

In 2011, Al Taubenberger ran for an at-large seat on City Council.

Al Taubenberger earned 6,606 more votes than Oh in Northeast Philadelphia's 14 wards but Oh made up the deficit in North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia.

In 2015, Al Taubenberger ran for an at-large seat on City Council.

Al Taubenberger faced a field of five Republicans, which included incumbents Dennis M O'Brien and David Oh, and four candidates from smaller parties.

The child of German parents who immigrated from Germany in the 1930s, Al Taubenberger was raised in Northeast Philadelphia in the Burholme neighborhood.

Al Taubenberger has been married twice and has 4 children.

Al Taubenberger is a cousin to world-renowned virologist Jeffery Al Taubenberger, of Washington, DC, is Chief of the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Institutes of Health.