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2023 Allegheny County Executive election

The 2023 Allegheny County Executive election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the next chief executive of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

2023 Allegheny County Executive election
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Nominee Sara Innamorato Joe Rockey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 188,232 178,749
Percentage 51.2% 48.6%
Innamorato:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Rockey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
County Executive before election

Rich Fitzgerald
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Sara Innamorato
Democratic

The incumbent county executive, Rich Fitzgerald, was ineligible to run for a fourth consecutive term due to term limits.[1] The 2023 election was thus the first open seat race for county executive since Fitzgerald was elected in 2011,[2] and the winner would become the fourth individual to hold the position of county executive since it was established under the home-rule charter in 2000, following Jim Roddey, Dan Onorato, and Fitzgerald.[3]

The primary election was held on May 16.[1] State representative Sara Innamorato won the Democratic primary, while businessman Joe Rockey was unopposed in the Republican primary.[4] Innamorato's nomination was seen as a major victory for the progressive movement in Allegheny County, continuing a trend that includes the election of Ed Gainey as mayor of Pittsburgh in 2021 and Summer Lee to the U.S. House in 2022.[5] However, it was also an unexpectedly close result, with Innamorato's margin of 2.6% vastly underperforming Fitzgerald's 2019 margin of 36.5%.[6]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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  • Bethany Hallam, at-large county councilor (running for reelection)[16]

Endorsements

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Sara Innamorato
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Michael Lamb
Local officials
John Weinstein
State senators
State representatives
Local officials
  • Liv Bennett, county councilor from the 13th district and candidate for Allegheny County executive in 2023[14]
  • Theresa Kail-Smith, president of the Pittsburgh City Council from the 2nd district[21]
  • Kevin Kraus, Allegheny County Sheriff[21]
Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Sara
Innamorato 		Michael
Lamb 		John
Weinstein 		Dave
Fawcett 		Other Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies[A] Early May 2023 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 32% 20% 20% 8% – 18%
Public Opinion Strategies[A] Early March 2023 459 (LV) ± 4.0% 17% 24% 28% 1% 2% 26%

Results

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2023 Allegheny County Executive election, Democratic primary[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sara Innamorato 64,982 37.64%
Democratic John Weinstein 50,935 29.51%
Democratic Michael Lamb 34,147 19.78%
Democratic Dave Fawcett 16,712 9.68%
Democratic Theresa Colaizzi 3,663 2.12%
Democratic Will Parker 1,961 1.14%
Write-in 228 0.13%
Total votes 172,628 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Results

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2023 Allegheny County Executive election, Republican primary[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Rockey 44,983 94.47%
Write-in 2,634 5.53%
Total votes 47,617 100.0%

General election

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Endorsements

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Sara Innamorato (D)
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State officials
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Joe Rockey (R)
State officials
Labor unions
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
Local officials
  • John Weinstein, Allegheny County Treasurer[41]

Results

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2023 Allegheny County Executive election[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sara Innamorato 188,232 51.21% −16.82%
Republican Joe Rockey 178,749 48.63% +17.11%
Write-in 569 0.15% +0.30%
Total votes 367,550 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Pittsburgh Works Together.

References

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  2. ^ Wolfson, Charlie (November 16, 2022). "These issues, questions, and people may define Allegheny County's next big election". Public Source. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Michael Lamb running for Allegheny County Executive". WTAE. November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Moss, Jon (May 16, 2023). "Sara Innamorato wins Democratic county executive primary with city-suburb coalition". Pittsburgh Union Progress. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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  29. ^ a b "Current Endorsements".
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