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Democrats Sara Innamorato and John Weinstein went toe to toe in Allegheny County suburbs, where turnout rose. Republican Joe Rockey bested GOP totals from 2019.

Pennsylvania’s primary election proved to be a good day for liberal financier George Soros and his political operation, as well as for the Democratic establishment in Philadelphia. The bigger story, however, is that Western Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County supplanted Philly as the top progressive mecca in the state. The most high-profile

Three high-profile wins by progressive candidates in last week’s Democratic primary punctuated a shift in the party in Allegheny County that has been years in the making, political observers say. In recent years, progressive candidates have increased the county’s delegation of women in elected office and broken barriers by bringing

Tuesday night made official what should have been clear long before: This is a progressive Democratic county now.

But local Republicans hope to capitalize on Democrats’ left turn.

The winner of the race in November will replace Rich Fitzgerald.

PHILADELPHIA—Progressive forces went one-for-two in Democratic primary races for top municipal jobs in Pennsylvania: Helen Gym lost the top tilt, for the Philadelphia mayoralty, to more-moderate and more-establishment Cherelle Parker. But progressive State Rep.

State Rep. Sara Innamorato declared victory Tuesday night in the crowded Democratic primary race for county executive, unofficial tallies showed. With nearly 168,000 votes tallied and 96% of precincts reporting results, Innamorato had collected 37.5% of the votes counted compared with 29.6% for Weinstein, 19.6% for Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb

With no Republicans on the primary ballot, O'Connor and Brusselars are both likely to win their races in the November general election.

Innamorato was ahead of her nearest competitor, John Weinstein, by over 13,000 votes as of 10:45 p.m..