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Pittsburgh mayor

Read the story: O’Connor wins Pittsburgh’s Democratic mayoral primary


Allegheny County Council

There are primaries for seven County Council seats. Three are contested.

Uncontested primary candidates: 

  • Mike Embrescia, R-at-large
  • Mary Jo Wise, R-District 1
  • Lissa Geiger Shulman, D-District 3
  • W. Christopher Lochner, R-District 3
  • Patrick J. Catena, Jr. D-District 4
  • Bob Doddato, R-District 4
  • Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, D-District 8
  • Michael Dell, R-District 8
  • Robert J. Palmosina, D-District 12

There are no Democrats running at-large, and no Republicans running in District 9 or District 12.


Pittsburgh Public Schools board

There are primaries for five Pittsburgh school board seats. Four are contested.

Uncontested primary candidate: Tracey Reed, D-District 5.

There are no Republican primary candidates for school board.


Pittsburgh City Council

There are no contested primaries for Pittsburgh City Council. Uncontested primary candidates:

  • District 2: Democrat Kim Salinetro, Republican Erin Koper
  • District 4: Democrat Anthony Coghill, Republican Tracy L. Larger
  • District 6: Democrat Robert Daniel Lavelle, Republican Jacob J. Dumont
  • District 8: Democrat Erika Strassburger

Pittsburgh ballot questions

Pittsburgh voters weighed in on three proposed home rule charter amendments.


Court of Common Pleas

Twenty-two candidates are running for eight seats on the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County. The top eight vote-getters will be nominated.

Six Democratic candidates cross-filed and also appear as the only candidates on the Republican ballot: Julie Capone, Jackie Obara, Alyssa Cowan, Dan Miller, Michele Santicola, Sarra Terry.

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Charlie Wolfson is an enterprise reporter for Pittsburgh's Public Source, focusing on local government accountability and politics in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. He was a Report for America corps...