Election Name: | 1993 Pittsburgh mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1989 Pittsburgh mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 1989 |
Next Election: | 1997 Pittsburgh mayoral election |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1993 |
Nominee1: | Tom Murphy |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 57,172 |
Percentage1: | 66.2% |
Nominee2: | Duane Darkins |
Party2: | Independent (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 13,271 |
Percentage2: | 15.4% |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Nominee3: | Kathy Matta |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 12,058 |
Percentage3: | 14.0% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Sophie Masloff |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Tom Murphy |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The mayoral election of 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1993. The incumbent mayor, Sophie Masloff of the Democratic Party, chose not to run for re-election.
State Representative Tom Murphy, who had finished in second to Masloff during the previous election cycle's Democratic primary won the party's nomination, defeating City Councilman (and future Pennsylvania Auditor General) Jack Wagner. Murphy had been well regarded for his work in the legislature for projects designed to improve the unity and community feel of city neighborhoods. However, he also gain a reputation as being difficult to work with. Nonetheless, his previous run for mayor had laid a strong foundation for a primary win.
A total of 86,414 votes were cast. Although Murphy won by a large margin, as is typical of Pittsburgh Democrats, he lost the city's black vote. City Councilman Duane Darkins, an activist for the short lived black progressive movement The Campaign for a New Tomorrow, ran on the platform of giving a voice to the city's minorities.[1] Kathy Matta, a nonprofit director, was the Republican nominee.