O'Connor knocks off incumbent Gainey in Pittsburgh's Democratic mayoral primary; Moreno gets GOP nod

[RandySF]

Corey O’Connor knocked off incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey in Pittsburgh’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night, while former police officer Tony Moreno secured the GOP nomination.

O’Connor, 40, emerged to deliver his victory speech at Nova Place on the city’s North Side around 10:30 p.m., with he and his wife triumphantly holding hands over their heads as supporters boisterously cheered, “Corey! Corey! Corey!”

“I’m humbled by the opportunity to represent the Democratic Party in this year’s general election,” O’Connor said during a 10-minute speech. “I will work hard to seek the privilege of serving you, the people of Pittsburgh, as your next mayor.”

About the same time at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers headquarters on the South Side, Gainey congratulated O’Connor and told supporters his opponent ran a well-designed campaign



https://triblive.com/local/oconnor-moreno-stake-early-leads-in-pittsburghs-mayoral-primaries/

[Deminpenn]

1. No surprise

nt

[FakeNoose]

2. I've posted the story from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette because their take is a little different

Not to step on your story Randy, but the Post-Gazette has been rather anti-Gainey all through this mayoral campaign.

Now the PG is framing O'Connor's primary win as the first defeat of the progressive Democrats in western Pennsylvania. In my mind that's a little over the top, but the Post-Gazette has had its own agenda for too long. (Meaning: the Block family owners are MAGA and they're trying to publish their red rag in a deep-blue city.)

Corey O'Connor is just as much a true-blue Democrat as Ed Gainey and his life history goes deep in Pittsburgh. Also his financial management credentials are stronger than Gainey's, and I believe that is what got O'Connor elected.

[Deminpenn]

3. PG might want to frame O'Connor's win as

a left on left food fight, but Brendan McGinley, editor of the editorial page, wrote barely concealed race baiting op-eds for weeks against Gainey.

[FakeNoose]

4. Yes there has been some of that too

It's completely unfair both candidates because they have carefully side-stepped the racist baiting through this whole campaign. If Ed Gainey had done a better job of bringing the non-profits together and getting them to agree to (some form of) city taxes, I think the outcome would be different today. He's not a bad mayor overall, but we're really in a bind.