Michael Lamb

Michael Lamb (born 1962) is an American politician who currently serves as Controller of the City of Pittsburgh since 2008 and is currently running for auditor general.

In 1962 he was born to state representative Thomas F. Lamb and Barbara Joyce. In high school he was on the student council and was voted as most active. Lamb first attended Pennsylvania State University where during the 1984 presidential election he coordinated John Glenn's presidential campaign at the college level and eventually graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1984. In 1986 he volunteered for Representative Doug Walgren. In 1995 he married Jill Zilka.

In 2005 he ran in the Democratic primary for the mayoralty of Pittsburgh, but placed third. In 2007 he defeated city council president Doug Shields, former state senator Michael Dawida, and incumbent city controller Anthony Pokora in the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh City Controller. In the general election his only opponent was Mark Rauterkus, a Libertarian, whom he easily defeated. This was the only time he faced an opponent for the office in a general election.

In 2012, Lamb, along with Jim Burn, chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, and Georgia Berner, criticized Mitt Romney for his statement that he will "take a lot of credit that the auto industry has come back". On January 16, 2013 he announced that he would challenge incumbent Mayor Luke Ravenstahl in the Democratic primary, becoming his second challenger, but after Ravenstahl dropped out he also dropped out and endorsed Auditor General Jack Wagner, who came in second place.

On November 19, 2019, he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for auditor general and later received endorsements from Representative Mike Doyle, Representative Conor Lamb, state Senate Minority leader Jay Costa, and state House Minority Leader Frank Dermody.