(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Corey O’Connor speaks at a candidate’s forum held at Perry Traditional Academy in Pittsburgh, April, 24,. 2025. (AP Photo/ Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Democrat Corey O’Connor defeated Republican Tony Moreno in the election yesterday for mayor of Pittsburgh, and as a result, will become the city’s 62nd mayor, according to the Associated Press. O’Connor received 87.18% of the votes, while Moreno only got 12.82% of them. The forty-year-old O’Connor will follow in the footsteps of his late father, Bob O’Connor, who was the 58th mayor of Pittsburgh from Janaury 3rd, 2006 until September 1st, 2006, which was when he passed away. O’Connor grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and he, his wife Katie, and their two children live in Point Breeze.