(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – 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

(Allegehney County, PA) Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor defeated incumbent Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey in the Democratic primary election to run for the position of the mayor of Pittsburgh. After his primary election victory, O’Connor follows in the footsteps of his late father Bob O’Connor, who was once in the position of mayor. Gainey ran for re-election this year after becoming the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh in 2021.