2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election

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.

November 5, 2009


Candidate	Luke Ravenstahl	Franco Dok Harris	Kevin Acklin
Party	Democratic/ Republican	Franco Dok Harris	Independent
Popular vote	28,528	13,060	9,903
Percentage	55.2%	25.3%	19.2%

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Luke Ravenstahl
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Luke Ravenstahl
Democratic

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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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luke Ravenstahl	26,880	59.19
	Democratic	Patrick Dowd	12,610	27.76
	Democratic	Carmen Robinson	5,926	13.04
Total votes			45,416	100

General election

2009 Pittsburgh general mayoral election[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic/Republican	Luke Ravenstahl	28,528	55.22%
	Franco Dok Harris	Franco Dok Harris	13,060	25.28
	Independent	Kevin Acklin	9,903	19.17
		Write-in candidates	168	0.33
Total votes			51,659	100

References

Lord, Rich; Roddy, Dennis B.; McNulty, Timothy (May 20, 2009). "Ravenstahl cruises past two rivals for Democratic nomination". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Boren, Jeremy (June 8, 2009). "Pittsburgh's Democratic mayor earns Republican nomination". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
"City's three mayoral candidates agree to televised debate". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. October 6, 2009.
Lord, Rich (October 23, 2009). "Orie praises Verbanac's pension help". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
SUMMARY REPORT - Allegheny County - 2009 General Election. Allegheny County Board of Elections. 2009-11-03. Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
SUMMARY REPORT - Allegheny County - 2009 Primary Election. Allegheny County Board of Elections. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

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