The 2025 Allegheny County Council election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect eight members to the Allegheny County Council. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2025.
At-large (special) The special election for the at-large seat was scheduled following the appointment of Mike Embrescia to the council. As one party cannot hold both at-large seats, it was originally expected that Embrescia would be unopposed in the general election. Following the candidacy of Alex Rose, the Republican Party challenged the requirement to hold the special election.
An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge ruled on June 4 that the election would go on as planned. The decision was appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, where the ruling was again upheld. Embrescia then appealed to ruling to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in August, where the Supreme Court again upheld the ruling.
After the election, Rose is essentially a Democratic voice on the council, as he has previously worked on campaigns for Democratic Party candidates. Republican primary Candidates Nominee Mike Embrescia, incumbent councilor
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Third party and independent candidates
Green Party Withdrawn Theron Gilliland Jr., researcher and co-chair of the Green Party of Pennsylvania
Independents Declared Alex Rose, Democratic campaign worker
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District 1 Democratic primary Candidates Declared Kathleen Madonna-Emerling, senior development associate Carl Villella, business owner
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Mary Jo Wise
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District 3 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Lissa Geiger Shulman, advocate
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee W. Christopher Lochner, municipal manager
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District 4 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Patrick J. Catena Jr., incumbent councilor Results
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Bob Doddato
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District 8 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, incumbent councilor
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Michael Dell
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District 9 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Aaron Adams, Duquesne city councilor Eliminated in primary Dylan Altemara, student coach Kellianne Frketic, inventory control coordinator
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Patrick Provins (write-in) Results
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District 12 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Robert J. Palmosina, incumbent councilor
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Republican primary Candidates Nominee Leonard Iorio (write-in) Results
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District 13 (special) Democratic committee selection Candidates Nominee Jordan Botta, interim councilor Not selected Daylon Davis, former NAACP Pittsburgh chair Jon Hanrahan, resident
Republican committee selection Candidates Nominee Todd McCollum, Pittsburgh Republican city committee chair
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