1999 Allegheny County Executive election

none January 2025 May 2024 1999 Allegheny County Executive election File:Flag of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.svg presidential no Position established November 2, 1999 2003 Allegheny County Executive election 2003 3x4.svg Jim Roddey Republican Party (United States) 178,312 50.89% 3x4.svg Cyril Wecht Democratic Party (United States) 172,084 49.11% County Executive Position established Jim Roddey Republican Party (United States) The 1999 Allegheny County Executive election was held on November 2, 1999. The election was the first one following the 1998 passage of Allegheny County's charter, which replaced the existing County Commission with an elected County Executive and a fifteen-member County Council.O'Toole James Home rule slips in: Voters endorse county charter's big changes by tiny margin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May 20, 1998 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/176175332/ July 7, 2025 Both parties had contested primaries for the position. In the Democratic primary, County Coroner Cyril Wecht defeated County Commissioner Michael Dawida by a wide margin, winning the nomination with 57 percent of the vote. Businessman and civic activist Jim Roddey defeated County Commissioner Larry Dunn in a landslide, winning 68–32 percent. In the general election, Roddey narrowly defeated Wecht, 51–49 percent, becoming the first person to be elected County Executive, and, as of 2023, the only Republican to ever be elected to the position.Wereschagin Mike Bohnel Steve Lauer Hallie Jim Roddey, the first Allegheny County executive and a staple of Pittsburgh-area politics, dies at 91 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 7, 2024 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2024/03/07/jim-roddey-allegheny-county/stories/202403070131 July 7, 2025 Democratic primary Candidates Cyril Wecht, County CoronerO'Toole James Wecht starts county executive run on energetic note Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 19, 1998 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania C1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/176174171/ July 7, 2025 Michael Dawida, County CommissionerDawida running for county exec Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 9, 1999 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania C4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/176174722/ July 7, 2025 Primary results Democratic primary resultsOfficial Election Results - 05/18/99 - Primary Allegheny County Elections Division http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/199905pri/rpt003.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040630032201/http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/199905pri/rpt003.asp June 30, 2004 July 7, 2025 Cyril Wecht Democratic Party (United States) 99,424 56.57% Michael Dawida Democratic Party (United States) 76,344 43.43% 175,768 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Jim Roddey, businessman and civic activistO'Toole James Roddey makes county exec bid official Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 15, 1999 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania B1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/176173828/ July 7, 2025 Larry Dunn, County CommissionerO'Toole James Dunn rocks into race Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 17, 1999 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania B1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/176174023/ July 7, 2025 Primary results Republican primary results Jim Roddey Republican Party (United States) 49,361 68.03% Larry Dunn Republican Party (United States) 23,192 31.97% 72,553 100.00% General election Results 1999 Allegheny County Executive electionOfficial Election Results - 11/02/99 - General Allegheny County Elections Division http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/199911gen/rpt001.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040627033705/http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/199911gen/rpt001.asp June 27, 2004 July 7, 2025 Jim Roddey Republican Party (United States) 178,312 50.89% Cyril Wecht Democratic Party (United States) 172,084 49.11% 350,396 100.00% Republican Party (United States) References Category:1999 United States county executive elections Category:1999 Pennsylvania elections Allegheny County Executive Executive 1999 election