{"id":22060,"date":"2021-05-18T10:17:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=22060"},"modified":"2021-05-19T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:43:18","slug":"election-day-may-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2021\/05\/18\/election-day-may-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day: May 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Ed Gainey celebrates with wife Michelle, left, after winning the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor on the city\u2019s North Side on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Mr. Gainey’s daughter Alexa,13, is on the right. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An emotional Ed Gainey is congratulated moments after learning he\u2019d won the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor on the city\u2019s North Side on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto hugs his sister-in-law Donna Peduto after giving his concession speech at his election party on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at IBEW Local 5 on the South Side. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rep. Ed Gainey speaks to supporters after winning the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor on the city\u2019s North Side on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto speaks to supporters after conceding the Democratic primary to Ed Gainey at his election party on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at IBEW Local 5 on the South Side. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rep. Ed Gainey gets a kiss from his mother Charlene after winning the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor on the city\u2019s North Side on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mayoral candidate Tony Moreno talks to guests at his election night party on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at Tequila Cowboy on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)
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Rep. Ed Gainey, center, greeted supporters, including Robert Lewis of the North Side, left, while awaiting election results on Pittsburgh\u2019s North Side on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/p>\n

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Candidate supporters and voters outside a polling location at North Hills Middle School on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Ross. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Judge of Elections Donnie Lee, of Homewood, nails a handicap parking sign to a poll outside of the Salvation Army, a primary election polling place, shortly after opening to voters in the primary election, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mayor Bill Peduto speaks to members of the media before voting at the Sterrett Classical Academy in Point Breeze, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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State Rep. and mayoral candidate Ed Gainey, right, receives instructions from elections constable Jacqueline Jones Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the Catalyst Academy Charter School in Lincoln- Lemington. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tony Moreno, candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh walks with his wife, Patty Poloka and his sons Evan Melendez, 15, and Nathan Melendez, 14, to cast his ballot at Destiny of Faith Church Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Brighton Heights. (Pam Panchak\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mayor Bill Peduto votes at the Sterrett Classical Academy in Point Breeze, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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State Rep. and mayoral candidate Ed Gainey and his wife, Michelle,vote Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the Catalyst Academy Charter School in Lincoln- Lemington. (Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tony Moreno, candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh walks with his wife, Patty Poloka and his sons Evan Melendez, 15 and Nathan Melendez, 14, to caste his ballot at Destiny of Faith Church Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Brighton Heights. (Pam Panchak\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Krysia Kubik from Squirrel Hill places another election sign amongst many signs in front of the Destiny of Faith Church polling location Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Brighton Heights. (Pam Panchak\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Poll workers Debra Williams, of Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar, and Vernon Doswell, of Homewood, talk outside of the Salvation Army, a primary election polling place, as they wait for voters, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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