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Democrats sweep Pittsburgh, oust Republican incumbents in PA election
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Pittsburgh residents cast their votes in Pennsylvania's primary election on May 19, electing numerous incumbents and making way for several new leaders in state positions. Democrats overwhelming took the vote, winning 26 of 27 key races in Allegheny County. Most notably, voters backed Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who will attempt to win a second term this fall, while several newcomers unseated incumbents as state representatives. Voter turnout was relatively low, with 22.7% of Allegheny's 915,194 registered voters casting their votes, according to the county. In total, there were 207,755 ballots cast. Here are the unofficial results in key races in Allegheny County as of May 20 morning, with 1,322 of 1,327 precincts reporting. Josh Shapiro (D, incumbent) - 151,505 Stacy Garrity (R) - 41,257 Austin Davis (D, incumbent) - 149,271 Jason Richey (R) - 37,342 John Ventre - 7,600 Summer Lee (D, incumbent) - 67,818 William Parker (D) - 15,393 James Hayes (R) - 381 Chris Deluzio (D, incumbent) - 69,904 Jesse James Vodvarka (R) - 15,940 Tony Guy (R) - 10,772 Lindsey Williams (D, incumbent) - 239,547 Thomas West (R) - 11,266 Wayne D. Fontana (D, incumbent) - 23,888 Paul Steenkiste (D) - 9,192 Aerion Andrew Abney (D, incumbent) - 6,285 Emily Kinkead (D, incumbent) - 7,723 Lindsay Powell (D, incumbent) - 8,149 Dan Frankel (D, incumbent) - 9,766 La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, incumbent) - 8,860 Will Anderson (D) - 1,202 Brandon J. Markosek (D, incumbent) - 6,870 Amy Noone (R) - 2,383 Dan Deasy (D, incumbent) - 7,163 Jeremy Shaffer (R, incumbent) - 4,057 Jeremy Ferderber (D) - 3,838 Robert Bertha (D) - 1,880 Arvind Venkat (D, incumbent) - 7,002 Joe McAndrew (D, incumbent) - 8,600 Mandy Steele (D, incumbent) - 6,304 Mike Hammill (R) - 2,439 Abigail Salisbury (D, incumbent) - 10,373 Dan Goughnour (D, incumbent) - 6,521 Jim Edwards (R) - 1,563 Jessican Benham (D, incumbent) - 6,783 Timothy McCune (R) - 1,071 John Inglis (D, incumbent) - 7,303 Dylan Altemara (D) - 3,062 Andrew Kuzma (R, incumbent) - 2,742 Kellianne Frketic (D) - 1,780 Jon Lloyd (D) - 4,699 Natalie Mihalek (R, incumbent) - 2,919 Jen Mazzocco (D, incumbent) - 8,775 Hadley Haas (D) - 5,864 Valerie Gaydos (R, incumbent) - 3,424 Brittany Bloam (D) - 5,142 Patrick J. Catena, Jr. (D) - 2,994 James Julius (R) - 2,334 Mike Crossey (D) - 1,548 Jason Ortitay (R, incumbent) - 766 Voters also selected members for the state Democrat and Republican committees, as well as hundreds of members for local committees. Full election results can be viewed on Allegheny County's website. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Democrats win big in Pittsburgh in PA primary election 2026