Peduto wins Democratic Nomination for Mayor of Pittsburgh
Bill Peduto will face Republican Josh Wander in November. Peduto defeated former State Auditor General Jake Wagner, State Rep. Jake Wheatley, and AJ Richardson. In front of a full house Mr. Peduto said "Tonight we stand at the dawn of a new Pittsburgh one that builds from our past with a vision for the future". More later today with reporter Nancy Hart.
A disappointed Jack Wagner concedes defeat to Bill Peduto
“Obviously I’m disappointed.” What former Auditor General Jack Wagner said to reporters about losing to City Councilman Bill Peduto the Democratic race for mayor of Pittsburgh.
“It’s hard to believe in the city of Pittsburgh how few votes it really takes to win the Democratic primary.” He said to supporters when delivering his concession speech at the I.B.E.W. Local 5 Hall on the Southside.
Peduto garnered 52 percent of the vote to Wagner’s 40 percent, with over 99 percent of precincts reporting. Wagner was not only up against Peduto but also former State Representative Jake Wheatley who got 8 percent of the vote and activist A.J. Richardson ended up with less than 1 percent.
Wagner said he called Peduto to concede defeat. He “left a message with Jake Wheatley….and said I have a lot of respect for you…You ran a good campaign.”
He admits he didn’t get in contact with opponent A.J. Richardson.
“Unfortunately I didn’t have the number for A.J. Richardson.” he said with a broad smile, “or I would have called him.”
As laughter spread across the room, Wagner’s wife, Nancy, quipped, “it might have been on his face.”
She was apparently referring to the tattoos that Richardson has on his face.
So what’s next for Wagner, who says he’s not going anywhere?
“I live here. I was born here. I hope to die here.” He told reporters after giving his concession speech. “I will be very involved in some way in our city and our region.”
Peduto will be up against Republican Josh Wander, who ran unopposed, in the general election in November. The winner of that contest will succeed incumbent Mayor Luke Ravenstahl in January 2014.
See video- Jack Wagner concession speech
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“It’s hard to believe in the city of Pittsburgh how few votes it really takes to win the Democratic primary.” He said to supporters when delivering his concession speech at the I.B.E.W. Local 5 Hall on the Southside.
Peduto garnered 52 percent of the vote to Wagner’s 40 percent, with over 99 percent of precincts reporting. Wagner was not only up against Peduto but also former State Representative Jake Wheatley who got 8 percent of the vote and activist A.J. Richardson ended up with less than 1 percent.
Wagner said he called Peduto to concede defeat. He “left a message with Jake Wheatley….and said I have a lot of respect for you…You ran a good campaign.”
He admits he didn’t get in contact with opponent A.J. Richardson.
“Unfortunately I didn’t have the number for A.J. Richardson.” he said with a broad smile, “or I would have called him.”
As laughter spread across the room, Wagner’s wife, Nancy, quipped, “it might have been on his face.”
She was apparently referring to the tattoos that Richardson has on his face.
So what’s next for Wagner, who says he’s not going anywhere?
“I live here. I was born here. I hope to die here.” He told reporters after giving his concession speech. “I will be very involved in some way in our city and our region.”
Peduto will be up against Republican Josh Wander, who ran unopposed, in the general election in November. The winner of that contest will succeed incumbent Mayor Luke Ravenstahl in January 2014.
See video- Jack Wagner concession speech
Reach Tene’ Croom at tene.croom.tc@gmail.com MORE
Jake Wheatley with Urban Media Today
Democrat Bill Peduto and Republican Josh Wander will face each other in the upcoming general election for Pittsburgh Mayor. Peduto beat out Mayoral hopefuls; former state auditor General Jack Wagner, state Rep, Jake Wheatley and community activist, A.J. Richardson.
State Rep. Jake Wheatley admits that his campaign lacked funds but not effort. During Wheatley’s election night event held at SAVOY in the Strip District, the politician was surrounded by family, friends and a handful of campaign volunteers. Wheatley quietly stepped into the race for Pittsburgh Mayor and ran a successful campaign but not without some controversy. Reports of a domestic violence incident surfaced during the campaign and long-time political ally Rep. Ed Gainey endorsed Bill Peduto over Wheatley. UrbanMediaToday’s Allegra Johnson spoke to Wheatley during his campaign event on election night. A near ‘full-house’ is present for the first day of Steeler OTA’s.
Like the rest of the NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers chose this week to begin their Organized Team Activities (OTA) which annually takes place at their Southside Facility at the UPMC Sports Complex. Many teams use the OTAs to help develop players and make them better. These training sessions are in late April and early May. The OTAs are the only practices between the end of the previous season and the start of training camp. These offseason training activities do not require the players to wear pads, and they usually are in shorts with their helmets, which was good for the Steelers, because it certainly was a hot day.
“Hot weather is a good ingredient for team building.” Said Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin “particularly from a physical condition standpoint. We’re at the very beginning of the offseason programs and those are some of the things that are on the front of our minds, just simply starting off with a good base of a good overall physical conditioning.”MORE |
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