Innamorato wins Allegheny County executive race, Zappala reelected to 7th term as DA

PITTSBURGH — Election Day has come to a close in Pennsylvania and we saw some close races and split tickets in our area.

Find results here.

In Allegheny County, voters had major decisions to make: county executive and district attorney.

In the race for county executive, Democrat Sara Innomorato defeated Republican newcomer Joe Rockey.

In the district attorney race, Democrat Matt Dugan conceded to incumbent Stephen Zappala.

Dugan defeated former Democrat Zappala in the primary but Zappala picked up the Republican nomination and defeated Dugan in round two.

Across the region, there were several other races people had a close eye on.

In Beaver County, the incumbent district attorney, Republican Dave Lozier, was defeated by Democrat Nate Bible.

In the Washington County DA race, incumbent, Republican Jason Walsh is being challenged by Democrat Christina DeMarco-Breeden.

In Westmoreland County, four candidates competed for three county commissioner seats. Three of the candidates were incumbents — two Republicans and one Democrat. The fourth candidate was also a Democrat.

UPDATE 11:36 p.m.:

>>> Democrat Dan McCaffery wins open seat on Pennsylvania Supreme Court

UPDATE 11:27 p.m.:

There was a 40% voter turnout in Beaver County, which is significantly higher than the usual range of 30 to 35%.

UPDATE 11:10 p.m.:

Nate Bible told Channel 11′s Nicole Ford he can’t wait to get started as Beaver County district attorney.

UPDATE 10:55 p.m.:

With 100% of precincts reporting, Beaver County District Attorney Dave Lozier has lost by 600 votes to challenger Nate Bible.

UPDATE 10:52 p.m.:

Matt Dugan has conceded to incumbent Stephen Zappala in the Allegheny County District Attorney race.

UPDATE 10:43 p.m.:

Incumbent Stephen Zappala has declared victory in his bid for a seventh term as Allegheny County District Attorney.

>>> Steve Zappala reelected as district attorney of Allegheny County after primary loss

UPDATE 10:36 p.m.:

Republican Joe Rockey has conceded to Democrat Sara Innamorato and called to congratulate her.

UPDATE 10:30 p.m.:

With 97.21% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 183,862

Joe Rockey (R): 174,251

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 184,585

Matt Dugan (D): 174,403

UPDATE 10:18 p.m.:

With 92.67% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 170,058

Joe Rockey (R): 166,499

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 176,559

Matt Dugan (D): 169,874

UPDATE 10:10 p.m.:

With nearly 92% of precincts reporting, Kertes, Chew, and Kopas remain in the top three spots for Westmoreland County Commission.

UPDATE 10 p.m.:

With 85.5% of precincts reporting, Stephen Zappala takes the lead in the district attorney race:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 170,538

Joe Rockey (R): 156,047

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 165,815

Matt Dugan (D): 161,639

UPDATE 9:58 p.m.:

With 45% of precincts reporting in Beaver County:

BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Nate Bible (D): 14,450

David Lozier (R): 10,581

UPDATE 9:55 p.m.:

The Associated Press has just declared Sara Innamorato the winner in the race for Allegheny County Executive.

>>> Democrat Sara Innamorato elected executive of Allegheny County, 1st woman in the role

UPDATE 9:53 p.m.:

Nearly 64% of precincts are reporting in Westmoreland County.

UPDATE 9:47 p.m.:

With 70.69% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 153,957

Joe Rockey (R): 135,079

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 145,344

Matt Dugan (D): 144,528

UPDATE 9:32 p.m.:

With 55.21% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 136,063

Joe Rockey (R): 113,801

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 122,820

Matt Dugan (D): 127,908

UPDATE 9:25 p.m.:

With 20% of precincts reporting in Beaver County:

BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Nate Bible (D): 10,401

David Lozier (R): 5,582

With 42% of precincts reporting in Washington County, District Attorney Jason Walsh has taken the lead.

UPDATE 9:18 p.m.:

With 38.44% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 116,189

Joe Rockey (R): 88,557

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 97,232

Matt Dugan (D): 108,311

UPDATE 9:05 p.m.:

Mail-in and absentee votes are being reported in Beaver County.

BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Nate Bible (D): 7,287

David Lozier (R): 2,591

UPDATE 9 p.m.:

With 20.69% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 95,807

Joe Rockey (R): 61,731

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 69,945

Matt Dugan (D): 88,350

In the race for the open Pennsylvania Supreme Court Seat, Daniel McCaffery (D) is leading Carolyn Carluccio (R).

McCaffery: 357,618

Carluccio: 117, 986

UPDATE 8:48 p.m.:

With 4.46% of precincts reporting:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 78,119

Joe Rockey (R): 41,263

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 49,046

Matt Dugan (D): 71,058

UPDATE 8:39 p.m.:

District Attorney Stephen Zappala has arrived at his watch party.

UPDATE 8:33 p.m.:

Allegheny County said 768 ballots were in Tuesday afternoon’s mail. They are currently being reviewed and processed and will be scanned.

A ‘small tray’ of mail arrived shortly after 8 p.m., those ballots have been set aside and will be dealt with during the return board process.

Around 7 p.m., the Elections Division sent over another 361 ballots that had been returned to the County Office Building ballot return. The Division Manager will bring over any remaining ballots that were returned between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. when he reports to the warehouse this evening.

UPDATE 8:20 p.m.:

Based off the initial ballots received from mail-in and absentee voters, of which 78% were registered Democrats, Steve Zappala, who is running as a Republican for district attorney, is outperforming Republican Joe Rockey in the county executive race.

UPDATE 8:05 p.m.:

Allegheny County has announced the results with initial absentee and mail-in ballots.

With initial absentee and mail-in results:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE:

Sara Innamorato (D): 73,557

Joe Rockey (R): 35,719

ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:

Stephen Zappala (R): 43,469

Matt Dugan (D): 66,601

UPDATE 8 p.m.:

The polls are now closed. Track results HERE.

UPDATE 4:30 p.m.:

Another 697 ballots were returned to the County Office Building through 3 p.m. and have been brought to the warehouse to be processed and scanned.

Three authorized representatives remain at the warehouse — one Democrat and two Republicans.

The division expects to make one more run to the post office at approximately 7:30 p.m. for any remaining ballots that were mailed in.

UPDATE 4:15 p.m.:

More than 107,000 absentee or mail-in ballots have been returned in Allegheny County, according to election officials.

UPDATE 3:30 p.m.:

There have been no further reports from the polling places regarding any major issues.

At the warehouse, the first shift ended at 2 p.m. when all extraction was complete. There are approximately 22 staff remaining at the warehouse for any remaining processing and scanning. Additionally, three authorized representatives remain at the warehouse – one Democrat and two Republicans.

As of 3 p.m., all ballots that had been received at the warehouse this morning have been opened and scanned. There are 3,025 ballots that arrived in today’s mail, and 650 ballots that were returned at the curbside ballot return yesterday. Those 3,675 ballots are currently being processed.

Ballot return at the County Office Building remains open until 8 p.m. Staff is transporting ballots turned in this morning through 3 p.m. to the warehouse now so that they may also be processed. Any ballots turned in between 3 and 8 p.m. will be brought to the warehouse once polls close for processing. The division also expects to make one more run to the post office at approximately 7 p.m. for any remaining ballots that were mailed in.

UPDATE 2:30 p.m.:

Allegheny County wants to remind voters who received an absentee or mail-in ballot that their ballot must be received by 8 p.m. to be counted.

Curbside ballot return is available until 8 p.m. at the County Office Building on Ross Street in between Forbes and Fourth Avenues.

UPDATE 11:30 a.m.:

The power issue at a polling place in Mount Washington has been resolved, according to Amie Downs, Allegheny County director of communications. A generator and lights arrived at the Dilworth Shelter House on Norton Street at 8:50 a.m., allowing voting to move into the building.

In Bethel Park, it was reported that there was construction in front of the entrance of the Pathfinder School on Donati Road, but voters have access to the polling place and workers are directing traffic at the intersection, Downs said.

UPDATE 8:30 a.m.:

Most polling places have no issues, according to Amie Downs, Allegheny County director of communications.

At a polling place in Mount Washington, the Dilworth Shelter House on Norton Street, voting has not yet begun. The building is without power this morning as electric lines were cut, Downs said. Emergency Services is bringing a generator and lights to the facility. Solicitors are working with the judges to allow for set-up outside for voting until the generator and lights arrive.

UPDATE 7 a.m.:

The polls have opened.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

If you’re new to your polling place, bring your ID.

In Allegheny County, 36 polling places have changed since the primary election, so make sure to check where to go before heading out to vote. For an online tool that can help you find your polling place based on your address, click here.

The deadline to register to vote has passed. If you’re not sure if you are registered to vote, you can look up your registration here.

Updates on voting in Allegheny County can be found here throughout the day.

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