2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election

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2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election
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Candidate Luke Ravenstahl Franco Dok HarrisKevin Acklin
Party Democratic Franco Dok Harris Independent
Alliance Republican
Popular vote28,58213,0949,903
Percentage55.2%25.3%19.2%
Mayor before election

Luke Ravenstahl
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Luke Ravenstahl
Democratic

Pittsburgh held a mayoral election on November 3, 2009. Incumbent mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a Democrat, defeated his two independent challengers by a wide margin. The 2009 election was the first regular-cycle election in which Ravenstahl participated; he was originally appointed as an interim mayor to succeed Bob O'Connor and subsequently won a special election in 2007.

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Primary

The primary election was held on May 19, 2009. In the Democratic primary, incumbent Mayor Ravenstahl defeated challengers Patrick Dowd, a Pittsburgh city councilman, and Carmen Robinson, an attorney and former police officer. [1]

The Republican primary had no names on the ballot for the office of mayor. Ravenstahl, a Democrat, won the Republican mayoral nomination with 607 write-in votes; no other candidate had the 250 write-in votes required to become the Republican nominee. [2]

General

Ravenstahl, having been nominated by both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, appeared on the general-election ballot with both affiliations. [2] He was joined by two other candidates: businessman Franco 'Dok' Harris (the son of Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris), who ran under the Franco Dok Harris Party, and attorney Kevin Acklin, who ran as an independent. [3] Ravenstahl's relationship with lobbyist John Verbanac became a campaign issue. [4]

Ravenstahl defeated both Harris and Acklin by a wide margin, winning over 55 percent of the vote. [5]

Election results

Democratic primary

2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election, Democratic primary [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Luke Ravenstahl (incumbent) 26,880 59.06
Democratic Patrick Dowd 12,61027.71
Democratic Carmen Robinson5,92613.02
Write-in 940.21
Total votes45,510 100

General election

2009 Pittsburgh general mayoral election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic/Republican Luke Ravenstahl (incumbent)28,58255.22%
Franco Dok HarrisFranco Dok Harris13,09425.30
Independent Kevin Acklin9,91819.16
Write-in 1680.32
Total votes51,762 100

References

  1. ↑ Lord, Rich; Roddy, Dennis B.; McNulty, Timothy (May 20, 2009). "Ravenstahl cruises past two rivals for Democratic nomination". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
  2. 1 2 Boren, Jeremy (June 8, 2009). "Pittsburgh's Democratic mayor earns Republican nomination". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "City's three mayoral candidates agree to televised debate". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . October 6, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Lord, Rich (October 23, 2009). "Orie praises Verbanac's pension help". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  5. 1 2 SUMMARY REPORT - Allegheny County - 2009 General Election. Allegheny County Board of Elections. November 3, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ SUMMARY REPORT - Allegheny County - 2009 Primary Election. Allegheny County Board of Elections. June 5, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
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