The Chestnut Hill Local: Seth Anderson-Oberman to lead Reclaim, continue his 'working class' agenda
The Chestnut Hill Local · July 6, 2026
The Local sits down with Seth Anderson-Oberman as he becomes Reclaim Philadelphia's first executive director, a year after his narrow loss to Councilmember Cindy Bass in the 8th District primary. He describes the job as a way to continue what his campaign started, building independent political infrastructure for working-class Philadelphians. The piece traces Reclaim from 35 people after 2016 to roughly 1,000 members today, and notes that Anderson-Oberman joins Political Director Sergio Cea as the organization's second staffer. It also covers his Germantown upbringing as the child of working-class Black and Jewish parents, and the picket line he joined at age 10 alongside his stepfather, Henry Sanel.