Darwin Leuba

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Darwin Leuba

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 16, 2023

Darwin Leuba (Democratic Party) ran for election for Allegheny County Controller in Pennsylvania. Leuba lost in the Democratic primary on May 16, 2023.

Leuba completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2023)

General election

General election for Allegheny County Controller

Incumbent Corey O'Connor defeated Robert C. Howard in the general election for Allegheny County Controller on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Corey O'Connor (D)	66.8	242,933
	Submit photo	Robert C. Howard (R)	33.1	120,238
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	307

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,478
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Allegheny County Controller

Incumbent Corey O'Connor defeated Darwin Leuba in the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Controller on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Corey O'Connor	81.4	135,666
		Darwin Leuba	18.4	30,719
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	381

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 166,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Allegheny County Controller

Robert C. Howard defeated incumbent Corey O'Connor in the Republican primary for Allegheny County Controller on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert C. Howard (Write-in)	90.1	10,119
		Corey O'Connor (Write-in)	9.9	1,113

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 11,232
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Darwin Leuba completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Leuba's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’m serving my sixth year as the elected Auditor of O’Hara Township, and last year, I exposed 32 million dollars of county-enabled tax evasion through my audit of UPMC’s private parking lots. Corporations have too much power in Allegheny County, largely through political contributions. Taking money from corporate PACs presents a clear conflict of interest, especially for our County’s auditor and contract enforcer. I’m the only candidate for County Controller refusing campaign donations from UPMC, Highmark, and/or other corporate PACs. I’ve also won 13 cases against the current County Controller to require greater transparency of contract compliance. A second-generation Taiwanese American, I graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School before earning a degree in Computer Science at Yale. I have the relevant technical background for the office, and my platform includes: countywide parcel review to crack down on tax evasion from corporations and alleged “nonprofits”; auditing clean air enforcement and making sure the Clean Air Fund benefits impacted communities; and enforcing health and nutrition contracts in our jail, which has soaring overtime costs and a death rate of about twice the national average.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• countywide parcel review to crack down on tax evasion from corporations and alleged “nonprofits”
• auditing clean air enforcement and making sure the Clean Air Fund benefits impacted communities
• enforcing health and nutrition contracts in our jail, which has soaring overtime costs and a death rate of about twice the national average

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Audits and contract enforcement! I have a technical background, so I'm most personally passionate about digging into spreadsheets and databases to save money and make our government work better.

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