Election Results for Local Races
Who will be representing Upper St. Clair.
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Who will be representing Upper St. Clair.
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Results (unofficial): President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. Obama won Pennsylvania, gaining the state's 20 electoral votes. In Pennsylvania's 2012 race for U.S. Senate, incumbent Bob Casey Jr. (D-Scranton) defeated Tom Smith (R-Shelocta). In the races for three state offices: Incumbent Tim Murphy will remain the U.S. representative of the 18th congressional district. Click here for other races affecting our area.
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These are the unofficial results from the May 17 primary.
Former Democratic Allegheny County council President Rich Fitzgerald will face Republican entrepreneur D. Raja of Mt. Lebanon in the general election for Allegheny County Executive. Fitzgerald, 52, of Squirrel Hill, defeated county Controller Mark Patrick Flaherty 56 percent to 44 percent to win the Democratic nomination. In his acceptance speech, Fitzgerald promised, “to unify the party and region, and streamline county government.” He also pledged to develop “an energy policy that makes sense for the region.” For his part, Flaherty told reporters he was proud of the race he ran, and hinted that the day’s rainy weather may have played a factor in his defeat. Raja, 45, of Mt. Lebanon, easily dispatched attorney Chuck McCullough 72 percent …
bob balmer
10:01 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Thanks Roger, I think so! Better off than four years ago.   more ›