Voters judged Jennifer Staley McCrady, Dan Regan and Hugh McGough the top three candidate for seats as Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judges, according to unofficial results Tuesday night.

Four candidates ran for the three seats and, with more than 98 percent of precincts reporting, Philip “P.J.” Murray III appeared to be the odd man out.

McCrady is a supervising attorney and program policy coordinator at KidsVoice, which represents juveniles in the county court system. She earned her law degree from Duquesne University in 2002. She was the top vote-getter with 31 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.

“I'm honored and humbled by the results. I'm looking forward to being able to continue to serve children and families in Allegheny County,” said McCrady, 42, of Oakland.

Regan, 40, of McCandless was solicitor under former Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and was an assistant district attorney overseeing Allegheny County's Nuisance Bar Task Force. He was most recently a partner at the Downtown law firm of Caputo, Caputo & Regan P.C.

“I'm just honored the voters in this county believe in me and trust in me to do this job,” said Regan, who had about 30 percent of the vote.

McGough, 59, of Shadyside has been a district judge in Squirrel Hill since 2012. He also worked at the firm of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott and was part of the city of Pittsburgh's solicitor's office. This is his second campaign for Common Pleas judge.

“I feel like this was an ‘attaboy' for my work as an attorney and as a judge,” said McGough, running third with about 24 percent of the vote.

Matthew Santoni is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412- 391-0927 or msantoni@tribweb.com.

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