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Peduto was born on October 30, 1964. He graduated from Chartiers Valley High School in 1983. After a year at Carnegie Mellon University, he transferred to Pennsylvania State University, pursuing a degree in political science and becoming president of the university's chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. [6]
Mayor Ed Gainey (D) ousted two-term incumbent Bill Peduto (D) in 2021 to win the Democratic nomination before easily clinching the general election — but now he’s looking to avoid the same ...
Ravenstahl had an unstable relationship with the Pittsburgh City Council throughout his term as mayor, which included disagreements over the city budget. City Councilman Bill Peduto emerged as a political opponent of Ravenstahl's, with Peduto mounting a primary election challenge against Ravenstahl in 2007 before dropping out a short time later.
Bill Peduto was first elected in the 2013 election to succeed Luke Ravenstahl and assumed office in January 2014. [8] Peduto sought and was re-elected to a second term in the 2017 election; in November 2017, Peduto garnered 96% of the vote, having not had any significant opposition in the general election. [9]
From the recent crime wave in the city of Pittsburgh to the Fern Hollow bridge collapse in Frick Park, the former mayor of Pittsburgh is speaking out for the first time since leaving office in ...
Jun. 28—Pittsburgh will use more than half of the $335 million in federal relief money to make up for revenue losses projected through 2024, according to proposed allocations released Monday by ...
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto successfully ran for re-election to a second term. [1] [2] Three Democrats, including Peduto, and no Republicans filed petitions to appear on the respective primary ballots before the deadline on March 7, 2017. [3] Peduto won the Democratic primary and was officially unopposed in the general election.
From 1901 to 1903 the state legislature took control of the city on the grounds of corruption by former Mayor William J. Diehl with the passage of the so-called "ripper bill" and appointed the unelected "recorders" Joseph Brown and Adam Brown, who were answerable only to the state government. Since 1903, all mayors have been popularly elected.