State Rep. Don Walko was among the winners tonight of five seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, according to unofficial results with 97 percent of precincts reporting.

Mr. Walko, D-Observatory Hill, won a seat even though he received a "not recommended at this time" rating from the county Bar Association.

The other winners were District Judge Susan Evashavik DiLucente of Forest Hills; Phil Ignelzi, a medical malpractice and criminal defense lawyer from McCandless; Arnie Klein, an Upper St. Clair trial lawyer; and Judge Joe Williams, a Penn Hills resident who was appointed to fill a vacancy on the bench last year.

The losers were Michele Zappala Peck, a special master for the court's Board of Viewers, and Alex Bicket, a trial lawyer who specializes in environmental cases. Both are from Mt. Lebanon.

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