Corey O'Connor derailed Mayor Ed Gainey's hopes for a second term with a promise to move the city forward. Only hours after his victory, O'Connor was up and about, working the lunchtime crowd at the Sheraden senior center,

Gainey critics of all sorts have been writing political obituaries for months — for his administration and for Pittsburgh’s progressive movement. That message has only gotten louder following his loss.

Lame-duck Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey faces a stark choice in his remaining seven months in office: Ramp up efforts to push his passion projects across the finish line or while away the final days of his single term.

Channel 11 News spoke with incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and challenger County Controller Corey O’Connor as they made their final appeals to voters.