Cherelle Parker will become the 100th mayor of the state’s largest city, and Sara Innamorato will be executive of Allegheny County.
FILE - Sara Innamorato speaks during the Allegheny County Democratic Committee's Black Caucus candidate forum which includes those running for district attorney and county executive, April 29, 2023, at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh.
The races will set the electoral stage for 2024, when Pennsylvania will be a presidential battleground state, with candidates taking lessons about how Democrats see Having served for 10 years as a state representative for northwest Philadelphia before her election to the city council in 2015, she touted herself on the campaign trail as a leader whose government experience would allow her to address gaping problems in the city.
Supporters at the watch party hugged in celebration. Among them was Carolyn Mosley, 57, who said her main concerns going into the election were crime and taxes. Innamorato’s victory is a win for a progressive movement that has sought to win local elections in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles after setbacks on the national level. Our Revolution, born during Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential race and now one of the largest progressive organizations in the country, endorsed Innamorato in the primary.
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