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November 6, 2019

Vittone re-elected as DA

By Mon Valley Independent

By TAYLOR BROWN

tbrown@yourmvi.com

Gene Vittone is ready for another term as Washington County district attorney. 

Vittone, 59, a Bentleyville resident, has served as district attorney since 2012 and was an assistant district attorney for 12 years before that. 

He defeated Democratic newcomer Jake Mihalov by more than a 25% margin.

Vittone received 63.4% of the votes, or 28,200, to Mihalov’s 15,805.

“I am so proud of our campaign this cycle,” Vittone  said. “I can humbly say we ran a positive campaign, never attacking my opponent, smearing his character or going after things that could have been viewed negatively, which I think is something to be very proud of considering the current political environment.”

To read the rest of this story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-0035 to subscribe or subscribe to our online edition at https://e.monvalleyindependent.com.

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