Posts tagged with Leon Ford

10 stories that will continue shaping Pittsburgh politics in 2019
From contentious municipal races to another special election to a push for gun control

Pittsburgh City Council candidate gets endorsed by the governor … of Colorado
It's another sign of police shooting survivor Leon Ford's growing national progressive profile.

Election 2019 in Pittsburgh: All of your officials who are up for reelection
On to the next election.

Police shooting survivor Leon Ford is running for Pittsburgh City Council
He’s going after the District 9 seat currently held by Rev. Ricky Burgess.

Pittsburgh is investigating an encounter between an officer and police-shooting survivor Leon Ford
“The gas is on in our city and it’ll only take one small incident to ignite a flame that we will never recover from,” Ford wrote.

Allegheny County DA candidate Turahn Jenkins loses progressive support amid LGBTQ controversy
Members of the LGBTQ community say Jenkins told them he believes homosexuality is a sin.

Inside Leon Ford’s political awakening and his new plan for political action
“It was definitely the Antwon Rose incident that prompted this.”