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Republican mayoral candidates through the years
November 7, 2007 12:00 am
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The last time voters elected a Republican mayor of Pittsburgh was in 1929. Since then, Democrats have had a stranglehold on the office and since 1969 -- the last time the GOP collected more than 30 percent of the vote -- there usually has been only token Republican opposition. Here's a look at Republican mayor candidates and how they performed since the last victory.
YearGOP name
GOPvotes
Dem name
DemvotesOther
votesTotal
votesGOP
%
1929
Charles Kline
80,131Thomas Dunn
37,5980117,72968.11933
John Herron
75,507William McNair
102,4320177,93942.41937
Robert Waddell
92,386Cornelius Scully
122,4180214,80443.01941
Harmar Denny
109,560Cornelius Scully
112,7230222,28349.31945
Robert Waddell
100976David Lawrence
115,3150216,29146.71949
Timothy Ryan
95,498David Lawrence
152,0810247,57938.61953
Leonard Kane
82,080David Lawrence
137,2810219,36137.41957
John Drew
68,644David Lawrence
128,5320197,17634.81961
William Crehan
60,522Joseph Barr
124,0820184,60432.81965
Vincent Rovitto
65,969Joseph Barr
109,9470175,91637.51969
John Tabor
62,586Pete Flaherty
118,9360181,52234.51973
Pete Flaherty
15,079Pete Flaherty
52,471067,55022.31977
Joseph Cosetti
12,205Thomas Foerster
62,86068,9021143,9678.51981
Fred Goehringer
15,273Richard Caliguiri
66,7701,64083,68318.31985
Henry Sneath
17,853Richard Caliguiri
62,7091,43581,99721.81989
None
0Sophie Masloff
56,688056,6880.01993
Kathy Matta
12,058Tom Murphy
57,17217,18486,41414.01997
Harry Frost
17,161Tom Murphy
63,2461,79682,20320.92001
James Carmine
12,175Tom Murphy
39,2571,40752,83923.02005
Joseph Weinroth
16,321Bob O'Connor
40,2263,41459,96127.2Average29.1%
1 Richard Caliguiri ran as a write-in candidate in 1977 and won.
First Published November 7, 2007 12:00 am
