No third term for Bill Peduto.
"I want to congratulate Representative Ed Gainey as the Democratic nominee for Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh," said outgoing mayor Peduto conceding the Democratic primary election Tuesday night to state Representative Ed Gainey.
Peduto conceded the election in a phone call. Gainey's margin of victory was just under 4,000 votes.
Gainey will likely be the first African American Mayor of Pittsburgh, but KDKA-TV Political Analyst Jon Delano told Larry and Kevin on the NewsRadio KDKA morning show Wednesday that we can't call Gainey Mayor-elect just yet.
"There are some 2,100 write-ins on the Republican side, so there could be a republican nominee, but in the city of Pittsburgh, since I believe 1932, the Democrat has won the mayor's race."
And it's for that reason that Delano says there's a 99 percent chance that Ed Gainey will be the next mayor of Pittsburgh.
KDKA-TV's political analyst Jon Delano says that Peduto's loss didn't come as a total surprise, as there were signs.
"People were beginning to see the writing on the wall as Bill Peduto went quite negative in political ads in the last week or so. Usually that's a signal that the incumbent's in trouble."
Gainey got 46% of the vote. The 51-year-old Democrat campaigned on improving the quality of life in the city for everybody.
"We will work hard, not just I as mayor, but we as community, we as city will work to build a better city called Pittsburgh for everybody," he excitedly shouted, speaking to supporters late Tuesday night.
Gainey heads into the General Election unopposed, at this time.
"The city is changed when we all come together to improve the quality of life for everybody," said Gainey.
Mr. Gainey goes on to the General Election unopposed and will likely be the city's first Black mayor.
Peduto said "I pledge to do my work in order to elect the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh."