In case you missed it (we did) here's video of Bill Peduto's acceptance speech last night. His longtime political guru Matt Merriman Preston (who helmed the wins of Peduto allies Natalia Rudiak, Ed Gainey, Bruce Kraus and Erin Molchany) is the tall guy with the red beard behind him.

Here is audio/video of Jack Wagner's concession from Rebecca Droke, including shots of Wagner supporters such as his niece Chelsa, state Sen. Jim Ferlo and council president Darlene Harris.

Good number-crunching on the mayoral primary already this morning from the two Chrises.

Yesterday's battle was the most wide-open since 1989 when five candidates (including Tom Murphy and Tom Flaherty) fought over a nomination secured by then-acting Mayor Sophie Masloff. But turnout/interest in the mayor's race has plummeted since a generation ago, as Pitt's Chris Briem writes (that's his graphic above):

But for the long term perspective, I know 24 years ago is ancient history to many but in 1989 110K folks voted in the primary for mayor.  That is not a reflection of population loss.  Total population loss in the city of Pittsburgh since 1989 is around -18%, but the decline in ballots between 1989 and 2013 primaries looks to be -59%.  Big difference.

Here is the trend and note the 2007 race was completely uncontested. There was not a lot to motivate showing up to vote at all.

At City Paper, Chris Potter says Bill Peduto enjoyed an enthusiasm gap over Jack Wagner, piling up huge margins in his East End home base while voters were lax in the South Hills:

There were other signs of an enthusiasm gap. In Ward 14, I count nearly 7,500 Democratic voters casting a ballot yesterday. That's an increase of about 20 percent from the 2009 mayoral primary. Meanwhile, in Ward 19, roughly 200 fewer Democratic voters turned up when compared to 2009. This despite the fact that a native son was on the ballot -– one who would have been the first mayor ever elected from the South Hills.

City Paper comes out Wednesday morning and is printed before Tuesday polls close. Here's their latest hysterical cover re: the mayor's race:

So what's next? Bill Peduto has promised "great change" in a city government he says has become corrupted, and he's already on record pointing out some of the things he'll do come January.

Here's just a few:

-- Forcing the Ravenstahl-controlled parking authority to finally fork over the $10 million annually that Peduto's council majority approved in 2010 to help bail out the city pension fund (Look for changes at the Water & Sewer Authority board too, as Peduto supporter Patrick Dowd has long fought for)

-- Conducting a neighborhood-by-neighborhood "Pittsburgh Survey" of city residents

-- Requiring green construction in housing authority construction development

-- Changing 1980s-era parking permitting

-- Sharing parks, purchasing, fiscal and fleet services with Allegheny County

And on and on . . .

Here's the message the Democratic nominee sent to supporters this morning:

Last night, we made history, and today, we are a step closer to a New Pittsburgh.

Our New Coalition was built from the ground up. It encompasses ordinary Pittsburghers from North, South, East and West. Pittsburghers from labor to environmentalists, from women's groups to youth, from the LGBT community to a broad base of elected officials. We built our support from every race, gender and corner of this city.

And, we could not have done this without you.

You who knocked on doors, who phone-banked, who donated, who spoke to your family and friends whether in person or through social media. You took the power back from those who have run this city for decades and put it squarely back in the community and the people who live in it.

You saw the potential that Pittsburgh has and know that we have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to build our great city once again.

Thank you.

Together, we will make Pittsburgh the city we know it can be.

Bill

Good morning.

1. Bill Peduto will follow nemesis Luke Ravenstahl into the swank mayor's office formerly occupied by Davey Lawrence, Richard Caliguiri, Sophie Masloff and Tom Murphy. As Jim O'Toole's masterful story notes, he'll have to contend with a Downtown business establishment that didn't want him and wait to see if an independent challenger arises to join Republican Josh Wander for the formality of the general election. State law bars those on yesterday's ticket (such as Jack Wagner) from running independent but others have until Aug. 1 to decide.

2. Joe Smydo writes that winds of change, exemplified by that street sweeper, carried Peduto into office. It's hard to know how much of a mandate the Point Breeze policy wonk can claim given the low turnout, however, which is something Wagner hinted at last night. More on turnout later I'm sure.

3. Full coverage on everything else -- city and county council, Superior Court, judges, etc -- is collected here. Two judge candidates who issued questionable party-switching mailers won nods (but from their legit parties).

4. Don't miss the mayoral portraits from Early Returns' 5-year-old artistic director. (PS, Wagner isn't intended to look scary -- that's the way she illustrates all smiles, including that of her favorite movie star, Gnomeo.)

5. You can bet Peduto, a big time hockey fan and player (who used to keep sticks jammed into his Mini), will be having a cold one and watching pivotal game 4 tonight.