{"id":24160,"date":"2025-11-04T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24160\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:27:09","slug":"pittsburgh-mayoral-election-results-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24160\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh mayoral election results 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NewsNation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Democrat Corey O\u2019Connor faces Republican Tony Moreno in Tuesday\u2019s Pittsburgh mayoral race, with O\u2019Connor heavily favored to win in a city that has not elected a Republican mayor for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Connor, the current Allegheny County controller and former city councilman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/pittsburgh-mayor-primary-election-results-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:defeated incumbent;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">defeated incumbent<\/a> Ed Gainey in the May 20 Democratic primary. Moreno, a city police officer for 24 years, is campaigning for mayor again after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/pittsburgh-mayoral-primary-2025-candidate-highlights-achievements-endorsements-tony-moreno\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:running against;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">running against<\/a> Ed Gainey in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The campaign focused heavily on city finances, public safety and affordable housing. Both candidates criticized Gainey\u2019s tenure and acknowledged the city faced financial problems. Moreno and O\u2019Connor differed on issues ranging from immigration policy to police spending. Both men indicated they preferred a less confrontational approach to the city\u2019s largest tax-exempt nonprofits compared to Gainey\u2019s litigation strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nxslink.newsnationnow.com\/join\/6p1\/signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for NewsNation\u2019s Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up for NewsNation\u2019s Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Campaign finance records reveal a stark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesa.fm\/wesa-voter-guide\/2025-10-06\/pittsburgh-mayor-election\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fundraising disparity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fundraising disparity<\/a> between the candidates. Through mid-September, O\u2019Connor raised $1.69 million with $270,000 on hand, while Moreno had roughly $4,000 on hand. O\u2019Connor\u2019s substantial financial advantage is more than 60 times that of Moreno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The race also featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/pittsburgh-mayor-race-oconnor-moreno-fundraising\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:significant outside spending;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">significant outside spending<\/a>, with each Democratic primary candidate benefiting from more than $600,000 in spending from independent groups during O\u2019Connor\u2019s contest against Gainey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During debates, both addressed whether taxes would be raised, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-mayoral-candidate-debate-will-air-channel-11\/M4FL5KB3WZCHVIT7JRYPS56X6I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Moreno saying;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Moreno saying<\/a>, \u201cI won\u2019t raise taxes. We don\u2019t need to raise taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Connor responded. \u201cAt this point, we don\u2019t even know the numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Get fact-based, unbiased news coverage 24\/7 with the NewsNation app. Download it here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Get fact-based, unbiased news coverage 24\/7 with the NewsNation app. Download it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Polls in Pennsylvania close at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday. Follow election results for the Pittsburgh mayoral race in the tracker below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NewsNation) \u2014 Democrat Corey O\u2019Connor faces Republican Tony Moreno in Tuesday\u2019s Pittsburgh mayoral race, with O\u2019Connor heavily favored&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16029,16030,15116,3934,2103,15118,73,75,16028,74,12337],"class_list":{"0":"post-24160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-city-councilman","9":"tag-city-police-officer","10":"tag-corey-oconnor","11":"tag-democratic-primary","12":"tag-ed-gainey","13":"tag-oconnor","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","16":"tag-pittsburgh-mayoral-race","17":"tag-pittsburgh-news","18":"tag-tony-moreno"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}