Don't Forget About County Elections

Allegheny County voters in the May 17 primary elections will choose candidates who will vie in the November general elections to replace outgoing Chief Executive Dan Onorato.

A Democrat from Pittsburgh's North Side area, Onorato opted not to seek a third term as county executive after losing the Pennsylvania governor's race last year to former state Attorney General Tom Corbett, a Republican from Shaler Township.

Also in the May 17 primaries, voters will choose the candidates who will appear on November ballots in the races for county controller, district attorney, county treasurer, county council and common pleas court.

Republican candidates include:

• D. Raja, a Mt. Lebanon commissioner and co-founder of technology company Computer Enterprises, Inc., of Mt. Lebanon
• Chuck McCullough, a former county council member and attorney, of . McCullough is awaiting trial on charges that he used an elderly woman's money to make contributions without authorization. He has denied the charges.

Democratic candidates include:

• Rich Fitzgerald, a county council member, former county council president and founder of a water-treatment equipment and services company, of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood
• Mark Patrick Flaherty, the county controller and a tax and investment attorney, of Mt. Lebanon

Pittsburgh Tea Party co-founder Patti Weaver, who also was running as a Republican, withdrew her candidacy on March 23.

Republican candidates include:

• Robert Howard, a former North Allegheny School District director, of Marshall Township

Democratic candidates include:

• George Matta, director of business development and community relations for The Rivers Casino on the North Side, a former Duquesne mayor and former clerk of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, of White Oak Borough
• Valerie McDonald Roberts, a chemist, former member of Pittsburgh Board of Education and Pittsburgh City Council, former Allegheny County recorder of deeds and former manager of the county real-estate department, of Churchill Borough
• , a business analyst and attorney, the state representative for the 22nd District in the South Hills, of Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood

Republican candidates include:

• None

Democratic candidates include:

• Incumbent Stephen A. Zappala Jr., an attorney, of Fox Chapel Borough

Republican candidates include:

• C. Edward Pfeifer, of Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood

Democratic candidates include:

• Incumbent John K. Weinstein, of Kennedy Township

Republican candidates include:

• Heather Heidelbaugh, an attorney who has been active in Republican activities, of Mt. Lebanon
• Edward J. Kress, an attorney, of Shaler

Democratic candidates include

• John P. DeFazio, a United Steelworkers of America official and Allegheny County Labor Council leader, a county council member and former professional wrestler, of Shaler

Republican candidates include:

• Alexander P. Bicket, an attorney and former teacher at Fox Chapel Area High School, of Mt. Lebanon
• Eleanor Bush, an attorney and advocate for children and families in foster care, of Squirrel Hill
• Daniel J. Konieczka Jr., an attorney and former prosecutor as a deputy district attorney, of Shaler
• Michael Marmo, a common pleas court judge in the family division, a law professor, and a former attorney and special master for the county Board of Viewers, of Emsworth Borough
• Jennifer Satler, an attorney, law professor and county assistant public defender, of the North Side

Democratic candidates include:

• Alexander P. Bicket, an attorney and former teacher at Fox Chapel Area High School, of Mt. Lebanon
• Eleanor Bush, an attorney and advocate for children and families in foster care, of Squirrel Hill
• Leah Williams Duncan, an attorney and hearing officer in the family division of common pleas court, of Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights neighborhood
• Daniel J. Konieczka Jr., an attorney and former prosecutor as a deputy district attorney, of Shaler
• Michael Marmo, a common pleas court judge in the family division, a law professor, and a former attorney and special master for the county Board of Viewers, of Emsworth Borough
• Carmen L. Robinson, an attorney and former Pittsburgh police officer and detective, of the Pittsburgh's Hill District area
• Jennifer Satler, an attorney, law professor and county assistant public defender, of the North Side

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