Corey O'Connor derailed Mayor Ed Gainey's hopes for a second term with a promise to move the city forward. Only hours after his victory, O'Connor was up and about, working the lunchtime crowd at the Sheraden senior center,

Challenger Corey O’Connor ousted Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election, beating an incumbent in a race that hinged on how Gainey was handling city finances, affordable housing and public safety.

With competitive primaries on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, the city’s mayoral race reflected a city at a crossroads. The son of a former mayor, Corey O'Connor defeated first-term incumbent Ed Gainey in the race for the Democratic nomination;