Allegheny County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam won her Democratic primary race Tuesday night against challenger Joanna Doven for an at-large seat on Allegheny County Council, unofficial tallies showed. With more than 154,000 votes tallied and about 96% of precincts reporting results just after 10:30 p.m., Hallam had collected 56.4% of the
Longtime Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is finally weighing in on the upcoming Democratic primary election. Fitzgerald endorsed Democratic county council at-large candidate Joanna Doven on Wednesday, issuing his first primary endorsement of the 2023 campaign. Fitzgerald is serving his third term as county executive, Allegheny County’s highest elected position,
It’s way too early for this. It’s January. The gubernatorial inauguration for the 2022 election was just this week. There are still three state House seats to be settled next month in special elections for the 32nd, 34th and 35th districts. People can’t begin circulating or filing nomination petitions for
That escalated quickly. A race for an at-large seat on Allegheny County Council had barely gotten underway this month when attacks started flying. Many of them came from observers of the race on social media, particularly Twitter, and almost immediately put the race’s two candidates on the defensive. Joanna Doven