Early Career
Caliguiri started his public service career in the CitiParks department of Pittsburgh later running for city council in the early 1970's. He first ran for mayor as a longshot in 1973 but lost the Democratic primary to popular incumbent mayor Peter Flaherty (so popular in fact that for the first time in city history no candidate opposed him in the general election). In his position as President of the Pittsburgh City Council, Caliguiri was appointed interim Mayor in 1977 after Flaherty was appointed Deputy Attorney General in President Jimmy Carter's administration. Caliguiri's departure from the City Council necessitated the 1978 special election which allowed independent Democrat Michelle Madoff her seat.
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