Election Recap May 20, 2025: Pittsburgh Mayor Ousted in Primary

A brief recap of elections held May 20, 2025.

Pennsylvania Primaries

Pittsburgh Mayor

Mayor Ed Gainey lost his bid for renomination to a second term. Allegheny County Controller Corey O'Connor will be a heavy favorite over Republican Tony Moreno in the November general election. Pittsburgh has not elected a Republican mayor since just after the stock market crash of 1929.

Philadelphia District Attorney

Despite being outraised, Larry Krasner easily won renomination for a third term. He defeated former Municipal Court Judge Pat Dugan.

No Republicans filed, but the party encouraged voters to write-in Dugan. If he receives more than 1,000 such votes and accepts the party's nomination, he will meet Krasner again in November. As of this article's publication, about 6,600 Republican write-in votes have been recorded, although the associated names have not yet been reported.

Judicial

Maria Battista won the GOP nomination for Superior Court. She will meet Democrat Brandon Neuman in November.

Matthew Wolford won the Republican nomination for Commonwealth Court. He will meet Democrat Stella Tsai in November.

New York Legislative Special Election

State Senate District 22

Democrat Sam Sutton defeated Republican Nachman Caller to fill a vacancy in this Brooklyn district.

Trump won this district with 77% of the vote in November. However, as Drew Savicki notes, "Orthodox communities in New York vote Republican at all other levels of government but vote Democratic for state legislature so they can have influence in Albany."

Next Elections are June 3 and 7

June 3: South Carolina State House District 50 (Special)

The winner will fill a vacancy and serve until the next election in November, 2026.

June 7: San Antonio and Garland Mayoral Runoffs

No candidates received a majority of the vote on May 3. The top two finishers advanced to a runoff.