2001 Pittsburgh mayoral election
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The mayoral election of 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2001. The incumbent mayor, Tom Murphy of the Democratic Party was running for a record-tying third straight term.
Primary elections
Tom Murphy had a very close and personal primary battle with City Council President and future mayor Bob O'Connor. Murphy won the primary by just a few hundred votes, and in later years this primary battle was the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice probe. It was alleged but never proven in court that Mayor Murphy had a quid pro quo agreement with the powerful Firefighters union in the city, promising to exempt them from citywide budget cuts in return for "bought" votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom Murphy (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.31 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bob O'Connor | Script error: No such module "string". | 47.27 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Leroy L. Hodge | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.45 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joshua Pollock | Script error: No such module "string". | 1.62 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Earl V. Jones, Sr. | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.35 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Carmine | Script error: No such module "string". | 58.24 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mark Rauterkus | Script error: No such module "string". | 41.76 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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General election
A total of 52,839 votes were cast in the heavily Democratic city. As expected, Murphy won by a huge margin over James Carmine, a philosophy professor at Carlow University.
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom Murphy (incumbent) | Template:Replace | 74.30 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Carmine | 12,175 | 23.04 | ||
| Independent | Chaston Roston | 964 | 1.82 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Francis V. Forrestal | 443 | 0.84 | ||
| Turnout | 52,839 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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References
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| Preceded by 1997 |
Pittsburgh mayoral election 2001 |
Succeeded by 2005 |
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