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.[1] A total of 143,967 votes were cast.
1977, pittsburgh, mayoral, election, mayoral, election, 1977, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, held, tuesday, november, 1977, incumbent, mayor, richard, caliguiri, ascended, office, just, months, earlier, after, longtime, mayor, pete, flaherty, resigned, take, positi. The Mayoral election of 1977 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday November 1 1977 The incumbent mayor Richard Caliguiri had ascended to the office just 10 months earlier after longtime mayor Pete Flaherty resigned to take a position in the newly formed Jimmy Carter White House The former City Council President chose to renounce his lifelong Democratic Party membership for the election and run for his first full term as an Independent 1977 Pittsburgh mayoral election 1973 November 1 1977 1981 Nominee Richard Caliguiri Tom Foerster Joe CosettiParty Independent Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 68 902 62 860 12 205Percentage 47 9 43 7 8 5 Mayor before electionRichard CaliguiriIndependent Elected Mayor Richard CaliguiriIndependentPrimary elections EditAllegheny 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 EditCaliguiri 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 1 A total of 143 967 votes were cast Pittsburgh mayoral election 1977 Party Candidate Votes Independent Richard Caliguiri incumbent 68 902 47 9Democratic Tom Foerster 62 860 43 7Republican Joe Cosetti 12 205 8 5Turnout 143 967References Edit Tom Foerster Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Dedicated Trees on Waymarking com Retrieved 2022 05 03 Republican mayoral candidates through the years Pittsburgh Post Gazette 7 November 2007 Retrieved 18 September 2009 Preceded by1973 Pittsburgh mayoral election1977 Succeeded by1981 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1977 Pittsburgh mayoral election amp oldid 1086054316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
