Results by ward The 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%.
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5]
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.[6] Voter turnout was estimated to be 28.98%, and very few problems were reported at the polls.[7][8] 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.[9] 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.[2]
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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 1 Ravenstahl was elected with a comfortable margin in an election marked by unusually cold weather but record voter turnout 2 2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election 2005 November 5 2007 2009 Nominee Luke Ravenstahl Mark DeSantisParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 43 257 23 884Percentage 63 2 34 9 Results by wardThe 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 before electionLuke RavenstahlDemocratic Elected Mayor Luke RavenstahlDemocratic Contents 1 Overview 2 Primary elections 3 General election 4 ReferencesOverview EditThe 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 3 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 4 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 EditPrimary 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 5 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 5 Democratic mayoral primary results 5 Vote total PercentageLuke Ravenstahl 34 456 95 94 Write in 1 459 4 06 General election EditThe general election was held on November 6 2007 in unusually cold and windy weather which included the city s first snowfall of the year 6 Voter turnout was estimated to be 28 98 and very few problems were reported at the polls 7 8 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 9 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 2 Pittsburgh mayoral special election 2007 7 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Luke Ravenstahl 43 257 63 19Republican Mark DeSantis 23 884 34 89Socialist Workers Ryan Scott 560 0 80Libertarian Tony Oliva 504 0 74Turnout 68 193 28 98Democratic hold SwingReferences Edit About the Mayor City of Pittsburgh Archived from the original on 2008 04 19 Retrieved 2008 05 14 a b Lord Rich 7 November 2007 Ravenstahl cruises to 2 more years as Pittsburgh s mayor Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 24 August 2020 Lord Rich Srikameswaran Anita 2006 07 11 Mayor faces aggressive treatment for rare cancer Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 2007 11 07 Bob O Connor A Timeline Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2006 09 01 Retrieved 2007 11 07 a b c May 15 2007 Municipal Election Statistics Official Results Allegheny County Board of Elections 2007 06 05 Archived from the original on 2007 09 14 Retrieved 2007 11 07 Walsh Lawrence 2007 11 07 Erie gets Season s First Snowstorm Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 2007 11 07 a b Municipal Election November 6 2007 Official Allegheny County Board of Elections 2007 11 26 Archived from the original on November 9 2007 Retrieved 2007 11 07 McKinnon Jim 2007 11 06 Voter Turnout light to moderate poll problems few Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 2007 11 07 Lord Rich 2007 11 06 Ravenstahl declares victory in Pittsburgh mayor race Pittsburgh Post Gazette Archived from the original on 2007 11 09 Retrieved 2007 11 07 Preceded by2005 Pittsburgh mayoral special election2007 Succeeded by2009 Retrieved from https 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