2023 Allegheny County District Attorney election

2023 Allegheny County District Attorney election

November 7, 2023
 
Candidate Stephen Zappala Matt Dugan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 189,230 178,653
Percentage 51.4% 48.5%

District attorney before election

Stephen Zappala
Democratic

Elected District attorney

Stephen Zappala
Republican

The 2023 Allegheny County District Attorney election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the district attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic district attorney Stephen Zappala ran for re-election to a seventh consecutive term but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Matt Dugan, a public defender. Zappala then won the Republican nomination after receiving over 9,000 write-in votes in the primary. He went on to defeat Dugan in the general election, with 51% of the vote.