![Jacob Santiago, left, a first-year media and professional communications major, and Trinity Johnson, a first-year biology major on the pre-med track in the courtyard of the William Pitt Union.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC0224-900x600.jpg)
Students react to Gainey’s election as first Black mayor of Pittsburgh
By Alaina Goldberg, For The Pitt News
• November 12, 2021
![The Office of Congressman Mike Doyle on East Carson Street in South Side on June 24, 2019. Steve Irwin, Pittsburgh lawyer, recently announced he will run to replace Doyle’s seat in Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/N_Steve_Irwin_via-900x595.jpg)
Squirrel Hill attorney Steve Irwin announces run for U.S. House
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• November 8, 2021
![State Rep. Ed Gainey announces his win in the Pittsburgh mayoral race on Tuesday night at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC_8232-900x601.jpg)
Ed Gainey elected Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor in landslide election
By Natalie Frank, News Editor
• November 3, 2021
![Holly Hickling is campaigning as an independent candidate for magisterial district judge for the West End of Pittsburgh in next Tuesday’s municipal election. Hickling works at the School of Pharmacy as a senior programs evaluation specialist in the program evaluations research unit.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC0069-2-900x600.jpg)
‘I knew I needed to move up’: Holly Hickling runs for magisterial district judge
By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
• October 28, 2021
![The Nov. 2 general election takes place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will decide several municipal appointments.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/N_Election_Preview_PD.jpeg)
Your guide to the Nov. 2 municipal election
By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer
• October 27, 2021
![Isabella Veneris is a junior political science and English literature double major, as well as a fellow on Ed Gainey’s mayoral campaign team.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/N_Students_Gainey_RD-900x600.jpg)
‘You’ve got to be personable’: Pitt students canvass for Gainey across Pittsburgh
By Alexandra Ross, Staff Writer
• October 19, 2021
![College Republicans (left) and College Democrats (right) at Pitt have both begun work on energizing western Pa. voters for both local and national elections on Nov. 3.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/N_politicalgroups_courtesy-900x288.jpg)
As election season heats up, campus political groups rally voters
By Nathan Fitchett, Staff Writer
• September 16, 2020
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• October 22, 2019
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