| Election Name: | 2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2013 Pittsburgh mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2009 |
| Image1: | File:Ravenstahl AFL CIO 2009 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Luke Ravenstahl |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | Republican |
| Popular Vote1: | 28,528 |
| Percentage1: | 55.2% |
| Candidate2: | Franco Dok Harris |
| Color2: | FFD700 |
| Party2: | Franco Dok Harris |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,060 |
| Percentage2: | 25.3% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate3: | Kevin Acklin |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,903 |
| Percentage3: | 19.2% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Luke Ravenstahl |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Luke Ravenstahl |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Pittsburgh held a mayoral election on November 3, 2009. Incumbent mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a Democrat, defeated his two independent challengers by a wide margin. The 2009 election was the first regular-cycle election in which Ravenstahl participated; he was originally appointed as an interim mayor to succeed Bob O'Connor and subsequently won a special election in 2007.
The primary election was held on May 19, 2009. In the Democratic primary, incumbent Mayor Ravenstahl defeated challengers Patrick Dowd, a Pittsburgh city councilman, and Carmen Robinson, an attorney and former police officer.[1]
The Republican primary had no names on the ballot for the office of mayor. Ravenstahl, a Democrat, won the Republican mayoral nomination with 607 write-in votes; no other candidate had the 250 write-in votes required to become the Republican nominee.[2]
Ravenstahl, having been nominated by both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, appeared on the general-election ballot with both affiliations.[2] He was joined by two other candidates: businessman Franco 'Dok' Harris (the son of Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris), who ran under the Franco Dok Harris Party, and attorney Kevin Acklin, who ran as an independent.[3] Ravenstahl's relationship with lobbyist John Verbanac became a campaign issue.[4]
Ravenstahl defeated both Harris and Acklin by a wide margin, winning over 55 percent of the vote.[5]
|-! style="background-color: #800080; width: 2px;" || style="width: 130px" | Democratic/Republican| | Luke Ravenstahl (incumbent)| align="right" | 28,528| align="right" | 55.22%|-