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AP Race Call: Democrat Corey O’Connor wins Pittsburgh mayor’s race
Corey O'Connor, son of a former mayor, won after beating incumbent Ed Gainey in the primary, signaling a shift toward centrist Democratic leadership.
- On Tuesday, Corey O'Connor, Democrat, won election as mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with The Associated Press declaring him the winner at 8:26 p.m. EST.
- The primary campaign escalated over funding and political positioning, with Corey O'Connor, Allegheny County controller, facing accusations of accepting money from Trump supporters during the May Democratic primary earlier this year.
- O'Connor brings experience as Allegheny County controller and an ex-city council member, and he is the son of former Pittsburgh mayor Bob O'Connor, who died in office in 2006.
- Seen as a centrist choice, O'Connor's win in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a blue city in a state flipped red in the 2024 election, signals the Democratic Party's prospects ahead of next year's midterm elections.
- Tony Moreno, Republican nominee, retired city police officer and former U.S. Army paratrooper, faced Corey O'Connor, who previously won the 2021 Republican mayoral nomination but lost by the sitting mayor's 2021 margin of over 40 points.
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Leaning Left11Leaning Right1Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Left
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- 58% of the sources lean Left
58% Left
L 58%
C 37%
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