How a Pittsburgh county election foreshadows the 2024 presidential race
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As Democrat Sara Innamorato jumped on a table to rally supporters at a union hall recently, she cast her campaign for Allegheny County executive as a precursor to the battle for Pennsylvania in next year’s critical presidential and congressional elections.
“What we do in this election sets the groundwork for what we are going to do in 2024,” said Innamorato, 37, a former state representative. “We got to hold Sen. [Robert P.] Casey’s seat, and we got to hold the White House.”
Innamorato’s Republican opponent, banking executive Joe Rockey, also has been storming around this county that includes Pittsburgh with his own subtle references to 2024. Rockey often says he won’t support former president Donald Trump for another term as president and that his victory would reward a politician who is trying to shift the county — and the Republican Party nationally — back toward moderation. He casts Innamorato, until 2019 affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, as too extreme.
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