Did you know 2020 is a leap year? One extra day has been tucked into the circus that will be the 2020 presidential election.

But until then, there is a slew of important local elections happening across Allegheny County and the country. Local elections matter.

In Allegheny County:

• Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald (D-Pittsburgh) easily defeated his challenger for a third term (WTAE)
• Controller Chelsa Wagner (D-Pittsburgh) also came away with a big win against her challenger (WTAE)
• District Attorney Stephen Zappala (D) defeated challenger Lisa Middleman (Post-Gazette)
• Joe Biden surprised Allegheny County Dems tonight with a random visit (Post-Gazette)
• An ally of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will replace outspoken mayoral critic Darlene Harris on Pittsburgh council (Post-Gazette)
• Pittsburgh residents to pay higher taxes after parks vote (Pittsburgh Patch)

By the way, it looks like voter turnout in Allegheny County was just shy of 28 percent. I think officials estimated a 27 percent turnout. (This percentage might change slightly as not all precincts are reporting, as of 12:10 a.m. Nov. 6.)

And some big news around the country:

• Democrats projected to flip Virginia Senate and House, taking control of state government for the first time in a generation (WaPo)
• Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is the apparent winner over Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin (NBC News)

Plus, check out these stories:

• One Western Pennsylvania voter cast his absentee ballot … from the International Space Station (AP/WESA)
• Woman who was fired for flipping off Trump motorcade won an election in Virginia (BuzzFeed News)
• For the first time since 1981, Democrats won a majority of city council seats in Columbus, Indiana, which just so happens to be the hometown of VP Mike Pence (WXIN)