Pittsburgh mayoral election, 1953
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The Mayor
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al election of 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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was held on Tuesday
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, November 3, 1953. David Lawrence
David L. Lawrence
David Leo Lawrence was an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963. He is to date the only mayor of Pittsburgh to be elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Previously, he had been the mayor of Pittsburgh from 1946 through 1959...

 of the Democratic Party
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successfully won the right to serve a third term. With a broad base of support among both labor and minority voters, as well as the quiet background support of many GOP business leaders (who lauded the mayor's urban renewal projects), Lawrence coasted to a win over Republican Leonard Kane.
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