2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election

2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election
	Results by ward division; The darkest blue shade represents more than 80% of votes were for Ravenstahl. The middle and lightest shades indicate over 65% and 50%, respectively. The darker shade of red represents more than 70% for DeSantis, the lighter shade of red more than 50%.
Mayor before election; Luke Ravenstahl; Democratic	Elected Mayor ; Luke Ravenstahl; Democratic

The mayoral election of 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a special election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. The incumbent mayor, Luke Ravenstahl of the Democratic Party faced Republican challenger Mark DeSantis, a telecommunications executive and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University. The race was notable for the strength of its Republican challenger, rare in Pittsburgh, and the election of such a young mayor, Ravenstahl being 27 years old at the time.^[1] Ravenstahl was elected with a comfortable margin in an election marked by unusually cold weather but record voter turnout.^[2]

^ "About the Mayor". City of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
^ Lord, Rich (November 7, 2007). "Ravenstahl cruises to 2 more years as Pittsburgh's mayor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 24, 2020.