November 3, 2009

With 50% of votes in, Ravenstahl far ahead and Acklin conceding

From Early Returns:
At 49.5% of the city votes counted, the mayoral percentages are holding steady:

56% for Ravenstahl, 24% for Harris and 20% for Acklin.
and

With around half of all votes counted, Independent challenger Kevin Acklin has conceded to Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, his campaign spokesman said tonight.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Overall vote numbers were not that great for Luke.

Gloria said...

Over the last few days weren't the local political pundits saying Ravenstahl would win with 60%, some even said up to 70% of the vote?

Maria said...

Yes, I was hearing predictions like 70% so at least we have that that...