Patrick Catena Jr.

Patrick Catena Jr.

Democratic Party

Allegheny County Council District 4

Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

9

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

University of Pittsburgh

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Profession

Financial analyst, Apria Healthcare

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Patrick Catena Jr. (Democratic Party) is a member of the Allegheny County Council in Pennsylvania, representing District 4. He assumed office in 2017.

Catena (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Allegheny County Council to represent District 4 in Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

Catena earned his B.A. in political science and communications from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a financial analyst for Apria Healthcare.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2025)

General election

General election for Allegheny County Council District 4

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. defeated Bob Doddato in the general election for Allegheny County Council District 4 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Catena Jr. (D)	60.4	16,853
		Bob Doddato (R)	39.6	11,028

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 27,881
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Allegheny County Council District 4

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Council District 4 on May 20, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Catena Jr.	98.9	8,310
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	93

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,403
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Allegheny County Council District 4

Bob Doddato advanced from the Republican primary for Allegheny County Council District 4 on May 20, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Doddato	97.5	3,230
		Other/Write-in votes	2.5	82

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,312
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Endorsements

Catena received the following endorsements.

• Allegheny County Democratic Committee
• Allegheny County (PA) Democratic Committee
• Steel City Stonewall Democrats
• Young Democrats of Allegheny County

2021

See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2021)

General election

General election for Allegheny County Council District 4

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. won election in the general election for Allegheny County Council District 4 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Catena Jr. (D)	97.1	15,892
		Other/Write-in votes	2.9	470

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,362
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jennie Brown (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Allegheny County Council District 4

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Allegheny County Council District 4 on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Catena Jr.	98.9	9,560
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	109

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,669
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Allegheny County Council District 4

Jennie Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Allegheny County Council District 4 on May 18, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jennie Brown (Write-in)	100.0	505

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 505
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2017)

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. (D) defeated Dimitrios Pantzoulas (R) in the general election for the District 4 seat on the Allegheny County Council.

Allegheny County Council, District 4 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Patrick Catena Jr. Incumbent	65.71%	9,975
	Republican	Dimitrios Pantzoulas	34.10%	5,177
		Write-in votes	0.19%	29
Total Votes				15,181
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 7, 2017

Incumbent Patrick Catena Jr. ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for the District 4 seat on the Allegheny County Council.

Allegheny County Council, District 4 Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patrick Catena Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)	97.78%	6,705
Write-in votes	2.22%	152
Total Votes		6,857
Source: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial Results," accessed May 16, 2017

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2025

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2021

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