Other candidates

==Links==
===Mayor's Race, 2007===
== Candidates in the 2006 race for city council in the special election==
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== Candidates in 2005 for PA Senate, 42nd District==
Each party can enter one candidate into the special election. A three way race was staged with election day, May 17, 2005.
===Libertarian===
* Mark Rauterkus
 
===Democrat===
* Wayne Fontana
:*As of March 4, 2005, he had not resigned from county council as required by Article III, section 6b of the county charter. Current status: , 
* John Weinstein
:* Trib coverage of alleged voter fraud from Kennedy Township.
===Republican===
* Michael Diven jumped in the race as a Republican from the Dem party.
* David Jayson, Scott Township Supervisor and Allegheny County Board Member, was running but pulled out.
== Links == 
* Bios and news for other candidates in other races.
== Expected Candidates for Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, 2005==
===Democrats who ran for Mayor in 2005's Primary===
* Bill Peduto of City Council
* Lester Ludwig 
* Michael Lamb
* Bob O'Connor
* Daniel Repoz
=== Dems who are NOT running for Mayor.===
* Joe Rossi of the Teamsters Union
* Don Walko a State Rep
* Tom Flaherty City Controller and Chairman of the Dem Party in Allegheny County
* Tom Murphy (Not running.)
* Sala Udin
* Dan Frankle
* Gene Ricciardi (Not running as Mayor. Ran and won a seat as District Magistrate in 2005.)
===Republican===
* Joe Weinroth
===Indies===
* David Testitor
=== Green===
* Titus North
==Qs:==
Has the GOP ever failed to run someone for mayor? Can you assume that they will find a strong candidate? 
The GOP might decide to turn Pennsylvania into a 'red state.' The GOPers would have to offer someone for mayor to keep the political machinery humming, right?
A: Eight years ago, 1997, Harry Frost, R., ran for mayor as a Republican. He won the primary, uncontested. At the time KQV radio wanted to interview the candidate. Everyone thought he was dead. After a lot of searcing, he was located and interviewed. He had been sleeping on a friend's couch and had a lot of debt and skeletons, so to speak. The Republicans would have been happier had he not surfaced at all. 
The Republicans have more to lose by running a rookie and looking foolish. Things can easily explode. Many will try to stage a candidate melt-down and play for gotch-ya sound-bites. 
The best way to keep a "red state possiblility" would be for this campaign to advance to victory. We can break the Democratic stranglehold on the city.
===Socialists===
* Frank Forstall, the Socialist candidate in the 2001 race for mayor, moved out of the area. The Socialists generally try run someone in the mayor's race and there is no way to get the Socialists to join in united efforts with Mark Rauterkus.
== Rover, wake up! ==
* Race may draw a crowd coverage of Dems in Trib from Nov 22, 2004.
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