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

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. The incumbent county executive,

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, was ineligible to run for a fourth consecutive term due to term limits. The 2023 election was thus the first open seat race for county executive since Fitzgerald was elected in 2011, 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,

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, and Fitzgerald. The primary election was held on May 16. State representative Sara Innamorato won the Democratic primary, while businessman Joe Rockey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Innamorato's nomination was seen as a major victory for the progressive movement in Allegheny County, continuing a trend that includes the election of

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and Summer Lee to the

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. However, it was also an unexpectedly close result, with Innamorato's margin of 2.6% vastly underperforming Fitzgerald's 2019 margin of 36.5%.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Sara Innamorato, former

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from the 21st district (2019–2023)

Eliminated in primary

* Theresa Colaizzi, former

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board member * Dave Fawcett, lawyer and former Republican at-large county councilor (1999–2007) * Michael Lamb,

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, and candidate for

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* Will Parker, mobile app developer and candidate for in

* John Weinstein, Allegheny County Treasurer

Withdrew

* Liv Bennett, county councilor from the 13th district ''(endorsed Weinstein)'' * Erin McClelland, psychologist and nominee for in

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and

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(''endorsed Weinstein'')

Declined

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, at-large county councilor (''running for reelection'')

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Joe Rockey, former

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executive

Results

General election

Endorsements

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

Official campaign websites
Sara Innamorato (D) for County Executive

Joe Rockey (R) for County Executive
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