Krasner secured about 95,000 votes, or 64% of vote, compared with Dugan‘s 53,000, or 36%. The incumbent’s margin was close to his performance in the 2021 primary against Vega, whom he defeated with 67% of the vote to Vega‘s 33%.

Voters on Tuesday will choose new candidates to run for some of the top jobs in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with the winners of the Democratic primaries all but assured of victory in November in the two heavily Democratic cities.

In deep-blue Philadelphia, the GOP is urging its primary voters to write in the Democrat challenging Soros-backed DA Larry Krasner in the hopes of getting him to the general election.

Philadelphia Republican Party chair Vince Fenerty said Tuesday night it appears that a last-minute write-in campaign by the city GOP has succeeded in electing Democrat Patrick Dugan as the Republican nominee for district attorney.