Stephen Zappala is a good, long-serving Democrat and a good DA, but he has pissed off some people in the last few years. The feud with Dugan is just one example, and not everything gets into the papers anyway. I've been voting for Zappala for as long as I can remember, and I think I gave him my vote in primary too. He ran as an independent then. So a lot of Pittsburghers were going to vote for him out of habit, regardless of party endorsement.
Joe Rockey ran a decent campaign from what I saw. I don't think he made any major blunders. The guy sounded OK, but he wasn't very well-known in Allegheny County until this year. On the other hand, a lot of people were unfamiliar with Immorata also. I think the County Manager voting just went by straight party-lines, and the Dems almost always win that. If she messes up, maybe voters will give Rockey a chance next time. We'll see.
I don't have any insider info, I just go by what I see in the newspapers.
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