Pittsburgh Is Poised to Have Its First Black Mayor
Ed Gainey won the Democratic primary in a city that is roughly a quarter Black. The incumbent, Bill Peduto, is the first Pittsburgh mayor to lose a bid to stay in office since 1933.
Ed Gainey, a five-term Pennsylvania state representative, is poised to become the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh.Credit.Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Associated Press
May 19, 2021Updated 10:55 a.m. ET
PITTSBURGH Ed Gainey, a five-term Pennsylvania state representative, is poised to become the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh, having won the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday night by defeating a two-term incumbent on a campaign of unequivocal progressivism.
Pittsburgh takes step toward electing its first Black mayor as incumbent loses Pa. primary
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State Rep. Ed Gainey celebrates with wife Michelle, left, after winning the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)AP
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto lost his bid for re-election Tuesday to Ed Gainey, a five-term state representative, as the city took a big step toward electing its first Black chief executive.
Peduto, a Democrat, had been seeking a third term against three primary challengers but instead called to congratulate Gainey, “Wishing him well” in a tweet late Tuesday.
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