The Mayoral election of 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1937. Incumbent Democrat Conn Scully, the former City Council President who had assumed the executive rank in October 1936, after the resignation of William McNair, was elected to a first full term.
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Background
editThe McNair administration had been shrouded in controversy, including hostile relations between the mayor and both city council and the county bureaucracy, as well as a slow response to the devastating St. Patrick's Day Flood. Scully had been a vocal McNair adversary and was closely connected to David L. Lawrence, the state party chairman and city political leader (who later became mayor); this position saved the mayor's office for Democrats, who had been only recently empowered in the city. The race featured a strong GOP opponent in Bob Waddell, the popular football coach at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University).
Councilman Abe Wolk made the formation of a Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera a major campaign issue for both candidates.[1]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Conn Scully | 121,075 | 56.5 | ||
| Independent | Conn Scully | 1,043 | 0.4 | ||
| Square Deal | Conn Scully | 201 | 0.0 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Conn Scully | 10 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | Conn Scully (incumbent) | 122,329 | 57.1 | ||
| Republican | Bob Waddell | 92,019 | 42.9 | ||
| Turnout | 214,348 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ Barcousky, Len (May 30, 2010). "Eyewitness 1946: CLO overcomes rain, creates a tradition". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Scully Majority Officially 30,310". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 19, 1937. p. 11.
- "Republican mayoral candidates through the years". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 7, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
| Preceded by 1933 |
Pittsburgh mayoral election 1937 |
Succeeded by 1941 |