2023 Allegheny County Executive election

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2023 Allegheny County Executive election
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Nominee Sara Innamorato Joe Rockey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote188,232178,749
Percentage51.2%48.6%
County Executive before election

Rich Fitzgerald
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Sara Innamorato
Democratic

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

Contents

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

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

  • Bethany Hallam, at-large county councilor (2020–present) (running for reelection) [16]

Endorsements

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 (2020–2024) and candidate for Allegheny County executive in 2023 [14]
  • Theresa Kail-Smith, president of the Pittsburgh City Council (2020–present) from the 2nd district (2009–present) [21]
  • Kevin Kraus, Allegheny County Sheriff (2022–present) [21]
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Sara
Innamorato		Michael
Lamb		John
Weinstein		Dave
Fawcett		OtherUndecided
Public Opinion Strategies [upper-alpha 1] Early May 2023400 (LV)± 4.9%32%20%20%8%–18%
Public Opinion Strategies [upper-alpha 1] Early March 2023459 (LV)± 4.0%17%24%28%1%2%26%

Results

2023 Allegheny County Executive election, Democratic primary [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sara Innamorato 64,982 37.64%
Democratic John Weinstein50,93529.51%
Democratic Michael Lamb 34,14719.78%
Democratic Dave Fawcett16,7129.68%
Democratic Theresa Colaizzi3,6632.12%
Democratic Will Parker1,9611.14%
Write-in 2280.13%
Total votes172,628 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

2023 Allegheny County Executive election, Republican primary [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Rockey 44,983 94.47%
Write-in 2,6345.53%
Total votes47,617 100.0%

General election

Endorsements

Sara Innamorato (D)
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State officials
Local officials
  • Dave Fawcett, former Republican at-large county councilor (1999–2007) and candidate for Allegheny County executive in 2023 [41]
  • Rich Fitzgerald, incumbent Allegheny County executive (2012–2024) [41]
  • Ed Gainey, mayor of Pittsburgh (2022–present) [19]
  • Michael Lamb, Pittsburgh City Controller (2008–present), former Allegheny County Prothonotary (2000–2008), and candidate for Allegheny County executive in 2023 [41]
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Joe Rockey (R)
State officials
Labor unions
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
Local officials
  • John Weinstein, Allegheny County Treasurer (1999–2024) and candidate for Allegheny County executive in 2023 [41]

Results

2023 Allegheny County Executive election [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sara Innamorato 188,232 51.21% -16.82%
Republican Joe Rockey178,74948.63%+17.11%
Write-in 5690.15%+0.30%
Total votes367,550 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Pittsburgh Works Together.

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