Khari Mosley launches primary challenge for Pittsburgh City Council’s ninth district

Five seats on Pittsburgh City Council will be up for grabs this year, and the city’s 9th Council District has at least one primary challenger to incumbent Ricky Burgess. Khari Mosley, a mainstay in Pittsburgh's Democratic circles, launched his official bid for the seat Thursday before a packed crowd of supporters at Blue Sky Kitchen and Bar in East Liberty.

“We are in the midst of the most transformative moment in our city’s political history since David L. Lawrence and Robert L. Vann turned Pittsburgh blue in the early 1930s,” Mosley said, referring to . . .