2023 Western Pennsylvania election results roundup: Sara Innamorato claims win, Stephen A. Zappala on way to victory

Voters in Western Pennsylvania headed out to the polls Tuesday to decide races from Westmoreland County commissioners to the Allegheny County executive and district attorney.

Results for Allegheny and Westmoreland county races will be posted here.

Here’s what we know so far about the results Tuesday night:

Allegheny County

Allegheny County executive

Sara Innamorato	Joe Rockey

• Democrat Sara Innamorato rolled to a historic win Tuesday night over Republican Joe Rockey in the hotly contested race for Allegheny County executive. Read more.

Allegheny County district attorney

Matt Dugan	Stephen A. Zappala Jr.

• Longtime Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. led challenger Matt Dugan by more than 3 percentage points late Tuesday night in a battle for the county’s top law enforcement post. Read more.

Allegheny County municipalities races

• Voters in the Allegheny Valley School District appear to like how the district currently functions. Read more.

• Republican Matthew J. Brungo is the apparent winner of the district judge race for District 05-02-12, which covers Bradford Woods, Marshall and McCandless townships, according to unofficial vote totals reported Nov. 7 by the Allegheny County Board of Elections. Read more.

• Republicans Doug Arlow and Joe Wall and Democrat Nicholas Giorgetti are the apparent winners of contested races in the Nov. 7 General Election for McCandless Council, according to unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Board of Elections. Read more.

• Three Indiana Township incumbents appear to have fended off challengers for supervisor seats while another race is too close to call, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Read more.

• These are the unofficial election returns for judicial, school board and municipal races in the North Allegheny area. Read more.

• New Kensington-Arnold School Director John Cope retained his seat on the school board Tuesday, but the man he beat will still serve alongside him. Read more.

• West Deer voters saw two additional questions on their ballots on Election Day — one regarding the township’s fire tax, and the other for elected auditors. Read more.

• A nail-biting night for Mike Doyle ended in his favor Tuesday. Doyle, the Republican president of Plum Council, won the race for the vacant district judge office serving Plum and Oakmont over Democrat Melanie Pallone by 106 votes, according to complete but unofficial Allegheny County election results. Read more.

• While Republicans in Plum secured a sweep of borough council seats and the district judge’s office serving the borough and Oakmont, results were more mixed for the Plum School Board. Read more.

• Republicans will have full control of Plum Council after securing a sweep in Tuesday’s election. Read more.

• Incumbents Elizabeth Werner, Mike Weniger and Libby Blackburn won re-election to the North Allegheny School Board, but board Vice President Marcie Crow was voted out as two challengers, Bob Gibbs and Anisha Shaw, are the apparent winners of school board seats, according to unofficial election results Nov. 7 from the Allegheny County Board of Elections. Read more.

• The face of Highlands School Board will change after Tuesday’s election in which three newcomers secured victories. Read more.

• A political newcomer was the top vote-getter and a council president was dethroned in Aspinwall, according to complete but unofficial returns for the Nov. 7 General Election from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Read more.

• Just eight votes determined the apparent winner of the Ward 3 seat on Franklin Park Council, according to unofficial results of votes cast in the Nov. 7 general election. Read more.

• There were still votes to be announced, but it appeared Tuesday night that two incumbents and a Democratic newcomer held off two challengers for the race in Springdale Council, unofficial vote tallies from the Allegheny County Department of Elections showed. Read more.

• In the district judge race for the Lower Valley, Mitchell Karaica held a 65-vote lead over Michael Girardi with 81% of the vote recorded at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to unofficial election results from the Allegheny County Elections Department. Read more.

• With 100% of precincts reporting, these are the unofficial election returns for votes cast in the Nov. 7 General Election for three seats on Fox Chapel Council. Read more.

• Democratic incumbent Eric Bengel appeared to secure another four-year term representing Harrison’s 3rd Ward, handily beating opponent Gary Hines. Read more.

Westmoreland County

Westmoreland commissioner

• Republicans will retain control of the Westmoreland County board of commissioners. Incumbents Sean Kertes and Doug Chew were reelected Tuesday to second terms in office and will continue to serve as the board majority along with Democrat Ted Kopas. Democrat Lisa Gephart finished fourth. Read more.

Westmoreland County municipalities races

• The Democrat slate of candidates dubbed “We aRe Norwin” took the lead in a race for five seats on the Norwin School Board, according to unofficial vote totals. Read more.

• Frank Gazze topped a field of six candidates vying for five seats on the Greensburg Salem School Board Tuesday night with 19.4% of the votes cast and 26 of 27 precincts reporting. Read more.

• Three newcomers and two incumbents prevailed in Tuesday’s election for four-year seats on the Franklin Regional school board, according to unofficial vote tallies. Read more.

• Here are results from several of Tuesday’s contested races in Westmoreland County, according to unofficial vote tallies. Read more.

• Incumbent Robb Bell led the race for Greensburg mayor Tuesday night with 58.7% of the vote and 14 of 15 precincts reporting. Read more.

• Sheila Brumely led the race for two seats on Greensburg council Tuesday night with 36.4% of the vote and 14 of 15 precincts reporting. Read more.

• Vince DeAugustine, Mike Alfery, Jennifer Bretz, Jennifer Stape and Tracy Miller won out in a field of nine candidates running for five open seats on the Hempfield Area School Board, according to unofficial vote totals reported Tuesday night. Read more.

• A longtime incumbent was unseated in Export, according to unofficial vote tallies from Tuesday’s election. Read more.

Westmoreland County races

• The district judge seat in northwestern Westmoreland County will remain in the hands of Cheryl Peck Yakopec, unofficial election results from the Westmoreland County Election Bureau show. Read more.

Go here for County election results pages:

• Allegheny County election results page
• Westmoreland County election results page
• Armstrong County election results page
• Butler County election results page
• Washington County election results
• Pennsylvania election results page

Voter turn-out was slow in many polling places around the area. Read more about Tuesday’s turnout.