DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION 2021 MAYOR Three-term mayors in Pittsburgh are rare, and incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is trying to join that club. But this year, he’s garnered some considerable challenges from state Rep. (D-Lincoln-Lemington), who is running to Peduto’s left on policing, and from retired police officer Tony Moreno, who is running to Peduto’s right. Math tutor Michael Thompson is also throwing his hat into the ring, further complicating what has been a low-key chaotic primary. BY RYAN DETO

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Served as state representative for several A retired police officer who worked as Two-term incumbent who served as a Works as a math tutor at Butler County Pittsburgh East End neighborhoods since a detective in the narcotics unit. Served Pittsburgh City Councilor for several East Community College and also as a ride- 2013. Prior to that, worked on community in the U.S. Army before joining the End neighborhoods before becoming hail driver. Graduated from Brown development for former Mayors Luke department. Born and mayor of Pittsburgh in 2014. Received University. Born and raised in Squirrel Hill Ravenstahl and Tom Murphy. Received raised in Southern California. Lives in a bachelor’s degree from Penn State and lives in . a bachelor’sNAME degree OF from CANIDATE Morgan State BrightonNAME Heights inOF the CANIDATENorth Side. UniversityNAME and a master’s OF CANIDATE from the NAME OF CANIDATE University, a historically Black college. . Grew up in

BIOGRAPHY Raised in Pittsburgh by a single mother. Scott Township, lives in Point Breeze. Lives in Lincoln-Lemington.

Wants to establish citywide inclusionary Wants to start a city-funded program to Says updating the zoning code could Campaign website says that “housing zoning to build more affordable units as train plumbers, carpenters, and others to allow for more housing near high quality is a human right” and notes that part of new developments. Says the city rehab abandoned properties to convert transit, but wants community input first. Thompson lives in public housing. needs a new focus on the land bank to into housing units. Says some areas with Pledges support for inclusionary zoning Wants to model Pittsburgh’s equitable bring blighted property that the city owns high rents are driving people out of pilot in Lawrenceville and securing a large development programs after other cities back onto the tax rolls. Says gentrification the city. number of affordable housing tax credits like Atlanta, but hasn’t offered specifics. is forcing Black people out of the city. for the city. Created OwnPGH, a $22

HOUSING million program to support affordable home ownership.

Wants Pittsburgh Police officers banned Says officers who commit misconduct Touts changes he made to the police Says he ran because policing in the from using less-lethal weapons, like tear should be taken off of public-facing department following officers using city is a “disaster.” Wants to bust gas, sponge rounds, and flash grenades. duties. Defends the police union for less-lethal weapons on protesters in sum- the Pittsburgh Police union. If that Says he would fire officers who commit protecting its workforce. Says officers mer of 2020. Says community policing can’t be done, wants to dissolve the misconduct more quickly and end who commit crimes should be dealt reforms are working. Supports investing police department and then have the mandatory arbitration of police disciplinary with on a criminal level, but different more in the department, citing decreased State Troopers provide cases so the city can discipline easier. than how the union deals with them. crime rates over his tenure, which he links policing to the city. Wants to divert POLICE Supports ending no-knock warrants. Opposes Peduto’s rule that has officers to increased police spending. Supports funds from the police to social workers. avoid enforcing laws related to poverty police chief Scott Schubert. or addiction.

Wants to establish an ordinance that Environmental plans include having Says his administration has moved 100% Says city needs to sit down with would remove lead from city pipes, police officers direct traffic during rush of city operations to renewable power stakeholders and create a 30-year plan homes, and soil as part of his focus on hour as a way to ease congestion. Wants and has divested city’s pension from to lower greenhouse gas emissions. “environmental racism.” Supports green to eliminate medians and trees on Grant fossil-fuel companies. Has worked to add Supports plans to mitigate sewage infrastructure efforts to mitigate Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard dozens of miles of bike lanes to the city, runoff into the rivers; says it’s a 30-year stormwater runoff. Opposed to rate and then build a canvas of lights with including protected lanes, which he has plan to do so. increases at PWSA. carbon-eating plants over those streets. vowed to continue. Started lobbying Wants to hire a private natural-gas related efforts to plan for an end to natural-gas

ENVIRONMENT company to purify sewage runoff. development in the region, while maintaining union jobs.

Allegheny County Democratic Committee; Boilermakers union Local 154. Has United Steelworkers, Teamsters, United No endorsements listed by campaign. Young Democrats of Allegheny received in-kind donations from the Food and Commercial Workers 1776, Campaign site says he won’t accept County; SEIU Healthcare; Steel City owners of Tequila Cowboy restaurant SEUI 32 BJ, eight of nine Pittsburgh funds from corporations or developers. Stonewall Democrats; Alliance for Police in the North Shore, as well as financial City Councilors, U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, No funding listed on the city’s Accountability PAC; Pittsburgh City support from the owner of the Bigham Allegheny County Executive Rich campaign website. Councilor Deb Gross; State Reps. Sara Tavern in Mount Washington. Fitzgerald, State Rep. Emily Kinkead, Innamorato, Summer Lee, and Jake Allegheny County Councilor DeWitt Wheatley; Allegheny County Councilors Walton, Clean Water Action, Pittsburgh Liv Bennett and Bethany Hallam; Federation of Teachers, Allegheny-Fayette

SUPPORTERS Pittsburgh NORML; Western PA Black County Labor Council. Political Assembly; United Electrical Local 667.