1977 Pittsburgh mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1977 Pittsburgh mayoral election Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg presidential no 1973 Pittsburgh mayoral election 1973 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election 1981 November 1, 1977 Richard Caliguiri Independent (United States) 68,902 47.9% Tom Foerster Democratic Party (United States) 62,860 43.7% Joe Cosetti Republican Party (United States) 12,205 8.5% Mayor Richard Caliguiri Independent politician Richard Caliguiri Independent politician The Mayoral election of 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was held on Tuesday, November 1, 1977. The incumbent mayor, Richard Caliguiri, had taken office 10 months earlier, after longtime mayor Pete Flaherty resigned to take a position in the newly formed Jimmy Carter presidential administration. A former City Council President, he renounced his Democratic Party membership for the election and run for his first full term as an Independent. Primary elections Allegheny County Commissioner Tom Foerster, a powerful party leader, won the Democratic Primary. He was victorious in a contentious battle over city Controller Frank Luccino and fellow city Councilman Jim Sims. General election Caliguiri had originally planned not to seek reelection, but a personal clash with Foerster over environmental issues and mass transit funding led to Caliguiri reentering the race; because the filing deadline for the primary had already passed, the Democrat was forced to run as an independent. With Republican attorney Joe Cosetti a nonfactor in the heavily Democratic city, Caliguiri emerged victorious in a highly contested race between two fixtures of area politics.http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9D4G_Tom_Foerster_Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania Tom Foerster - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Dedicated Trees on Waymarking.com 2022-05-03 A total of 143,967 votes were cast. Pittsburgh mayoral election, 1977 Independent Richard Caliguiri (incumbent) 68,902 47.9 Democratic Party (US) Tom Foerster 62,860 43.7 Republican Party (US) Joe Cosetti 12,205 8.5 143,967 References Republican mayoral candidates through the years http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831321-181.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20071111222916/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831321-181.stm dead November 11, 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7 November 2007 18 September 2009 1973 Pittsburgh mayoral election1977 1981 Category:1977 Pennsylvania elections Category:1977 United States mayoral elections 1977 Category:1977 in Pittsburgh Category:November 1977 in the United States