Council District 7 Special Election

The City of Pittsburgh held a special election on February 25, 2003, to replace Jim Ferlo as Council District 7 councilman. As of January 7, Jim is the senator for the 38th District in Pennsylvania.

The unoffical results are in, and the winner is Len Bodack Jr.
Congratulations, Len!
Read about the election results in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Council District 7 includes all or part of the neighborhoods Bloomfield, Friendship, Garfield, Highland Park, Lawrenceville, Morningside, Polish Hill, Stanton Heights, and East Liberty.

Lawrenceville VOTES held a Candidates' Forum on January 15 to provide information about the election and encourage voters in District 7 to vote.

The Highland Park Community Club and the East End Neighborhood Forum held a "Meet the Candidates" forum at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at 7:00 pm

There were three candidates from Highland Park (down from four before Casey Capitolo left the race). We've highlighted the candidates from Highland Park below, but have included information about each candidates along with email or web links where we know them.