Pennsylvania

Zappala, he's a long time Dem and as you said, plenty of people always voted for him and did again.

Inammorato did have more name recognition because she was elected to the state house and had run in Allegheny county. I think her election was close because voters are tired of uber partisanship that's seeped into every level of govenment. To me, the message from voters was, put all the partisanship aside and govern. I know it's the Rs engaging in the hyper partisan stuff, but still the message was sent to both parties.

The school board elections are a good bellwether, imo. In many cases, even in R school districts like me, the crazies were voted out in favor of candidates who ran on being responsible stewards.