2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election

none January 2025 September 2023 2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg presidential no 2005 Pittsburgh mayoral election 2005 2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election 2009 November 6, 2007 File:Ravenstahl AFL CIO 2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Luke Ravenstahl Democratic Party (United States) 43,557 63.2% File:DeSantis Debate Oct 30, 2007 (cropped).jpg Mark DeSantis Republican Party (United States) 24,025 34.9% middle|200px 230px Results by ward divisionThe darkest blue shade represents more than 80% of votes were for Ravenstahl. The middle and lightest shades indicate over 65% and 50%, respectively. The darker shade of red represents more than 70% for DeSantis, the lighter shade of red more than 50%. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl Democratic Party (United States) Luke Ravenstahl Democratic Party (United States) The mayoral election of 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a special election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. The incumbent mayor, Luke Ravenstahl of the Democratic Party faced Republican challenger Mark DeSantis, a telecommunications executive and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University. The race was notable for the strength of its Republican challenger, rare in Pittsburgh, and the election of such a young mayor, Ravenstahl being 27 years old at the time.About the Mayor http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/mayor/html/about_the_mayor.html City of Pittsburgh 2008-05-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080419130245/http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/mayor/html/about_the_mayor.html 2008-04-19 Ravenstahl was elected with a comfortable margin in an election marked by unusually cold weather but record voter turnout.Lord Rich Ravenstahl cruises to 2 more years as Pittsburgh's mayor https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2007/11/07/Ravenstahl-cruises-to-2-more-years-as-Pittsburgh-s-mayor/stories/200711070289 24 August 2020 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7 November 2007 Overview The mayor of Pittsburgh is elected to the post in four year terms. The previous mayor, Bob O'Connor, was elected to the position on November 8, 2005, and began to serve January 3, 2006. However, O'Connor was diagnosed with lymphoma of the central nervous system on July 10, 2006.Rich Lord Anita Srikameswaran Mayor faces aggressive treatment for rare cancer http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06192/704954-53.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20060713231616/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06192/704954-53.stm dead July 13, 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2006-07-11 2007-11-07 The prognosis was initially good as the mayor began treatment, including chemotherapy, immediately, but O'Connor experienced many complications and died 8:55 PM local time September 1, 2006 at the age of 61.Bob O'Connor: A Timeline http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06244/718448-53.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20070929212043/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06244/718448-53.stm dead September 29, 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2006-09-01 2007-11-07 Ravenstahl, president of the city council, was sworn in as the new mayor at 10:36 PM local time, and would serve until a special election would be held to determine if he should complete O'Connor's term. Primary elections Primary elections were held for both parties during county-wide elections on May 15, 2007. No candidates ran in the Republican primary, with DeSantis entering the race afterwards.May 15, 2007 Municipal Election Statistics, Official Results 2007-06-05 Allegheny County Board of Elections http://www.alleghenycounty.us/elect/200705pri/el45.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070914011622/http://www.alleghenycounty.us/elect/200705pri/el45.htm dead 2007-09-14 2007-11-07 Although it had appeared earlier that councilman Bill Peduto, who ran against O'Connor in the 2005 primary, would challenge Ravenstahl in the Democratic Primary, he dropped out of the race and Ravenstahl won 95.94% of the Democratic primary vote. +Democratic mayoral primary results Vote total Percentage Luke Ravenstahl 34,456 95.94% Write-in 1,459 4.06% General election The general election was held on November 6, 2007, in unusually cold and windy weather which included the city's first snowfall of the year.Lawrence Walsh Erie gets Season's First Snowstorm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831760-258.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20071109110741/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831760-258.stm dead November 9, 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2007-11-07 2007-11-07 Voter turnout was estimated to be around 29%, and very few problems were reported at the polls.Municipal Election, November 6, 2007, Official 2007-11-26 Allegheny County Board of Elections http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/200711gen/el45.htm 2007-11-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090129163228/http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us:80/elect/200711gen/el45.htm 2009-01-29 Jim McKinnon Voter Turnout light to moderate; poll problems few http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07310/831563-100.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20071108210816/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07310/831563-100.stm dead November 8, 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2007-11-06 2007-11-07 DeSantis polled well in more affluent areas of the city, such as Squirrel Hill, while Ravenstahl commanded large portions of the vote in the city's black and working class white neighborhoods, such as the Hill District. The race was more competitive than usual in the heavily Democratic city, but was sufficiently one-sided that the Associated Press declared Ravenstahl to be victorious only slightly more than one and a half hours after the polls had closed and only 20% of city precincts had reported voting totals.Rich Lord Ravenstahl declares victory in Pittsburgh mayor race http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07310/831679-100.stm Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2007-11-06 2007-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109110721/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07310/831679-100.stm 2007-11-09 dead DeSantis conceded defeat to Ravenstahl shortly after, around 10 PM local time. Despite losing by more than thirty percentage points in general polling, DeSantis's performance was considered quite good for a Republican candidate, indeed the best performance in several decades. Pittsburgh mayoral special election, 2007 Democratic Party (US) Luke Ravenstahl 43,557 63.22 Republican Party (US) Mark DeSantis 24,025 34.87 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Ryan Scott 550 0.80 Libertarian Party (United States) Tony Oliva 504 0.74 262 0.38 68,898 100.00 References 2005 Pittsburgh mayoral special election2007 2009 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 2007 Category:2000s in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 2007 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, 2007