Polls open as contentious Allegheny County elections wind down

Pittsburgh’s Downtown city skyline is illuminated by the setting sun on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, as seen from Mt. Washington. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Sara Innamorato and Joe Rockey finish their race for Allegheny County executive today as voters make their decisions on that contest and the DA race. An unusually expensive and competitive local election cycle concludes.

by Charlie Wolfson, PublicSource

By the end of the day, a new course will be set for the next four years of Allegheny County government as voters make their selections in highly competitive races.

Headlining today’s municipal General Election ballot is the expensive, competitive race for Allegheny County executive. Democrat Sara Innamorato and Republican Joe Rockey are competing to succeed outgoing Executive Rich Fitzgerald, a Democrat who is term-limited after 12 years in office.

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Voters will also weigh in on the future of criminal justice policy in the county with the district attorney’s race, in which incumbent Stephen Zappala faces the biggest electoral challenge of his career in progressive candidate Matt Dugan.

At the state level, voters will choose a new justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a race that could impact the future of reproductive rights in the commonwealth, among other things.

Many of the county’s 130 municipalities will elect mayors, council members and commissioners, and numerous school board races that were unusually contentious and expensive will reach their conclusions.

How to vote in Allegheny County

Find your local polling place at this website.

If you have a mail-in ballot you have not yet returned, deliver it to the County Office Building at 542 Forbes Ave. by 8 p.m. Postmarks do not count: If you put it in the mail today, it will not be counted.

Each ballot must be hand-delivered by its voter; you cannot deliver a family member or friend’s ballot to the county office.

Any voter with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act can designate someone else to deliver their ballot using this form.

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