Dowd to Run for Mayor – There will be a Race for PGH 2009

Race for PGH is the tag we have been using here on the Progress Pittsburgh blog to refer to local races.  With Doug Shields out of the race it was looking like we wouldn’t have much of a race for the mayor of PGH.  City Councilman Patrick Dowd has just announced that he will  run for mayor in the may primary.

From the Post-Gazette

“I am going to announce that I am running for mayor some time this week,” he said. “I believe that the city needs leadership and vision, and we’ll be talking about what we mean by that later this week.”

and from the Tribune Review

Dowd, 40, of Highland Park, said Pittsburgh needs greater “leadership,” but he wasn’t willing to talk specifics.

He would not pinpoint when or where he plans to make an official announcement about his decision to challenge Ravenstahl, 29, of Summer Hill. Ravenstahl has been mayor since September 2006

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• By The Facebook Numbers (progresspittsburgh.net)
• The Race for PGH on Facebook (progresspittsburgh.net)
• Is the Race for PGH 2009 actually heating up? (progresspittsburgh.net)