SCRANTON -- Jim Mulligan, the Republican challenger to Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright, conceded the race just after 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Mulligan, the Republican nominee, is a Scranton native. He has worked as a lawyer in private practice and for the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office.
He lost to Courtright 57 percent to 43 percent in the 2013 general election.