Mayor Bill Peduto conceded the Democratic primary race for the mayoralty to state Rep. Ed Gainey in a tweet at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. The concession puts Gainey on a glide path to becoming the City’s first Black mayor after the primary upset win against Peduto.

The primary elections in Wisconsin last week were an unnecessary disaster.

The United States should condense the far-reaching spread of primary elections into a single, nationwide day of primaries.

It’s time we do away with caucuses, switch to a ranked choice voting system instead and change which states go first in the primaries.

At Hitchhiker Brewing — a small brewery in Sharpsburg — thunderous applause greeted Sara Innamorato as she entered the building Tuesday night. Hugging and shaking hands with anyone she passed, she...