Lehigh Valley Politics and Election News

Ken Greene and Frank Pintabone are current Easton planning commission members looking for a seat on Easton's city council.

Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin will not be seeking reelection after nearly 25 years in the office

Levinson was originally appointed to the East Penn School Board in September 2018 and was later elected to a full four-year term in 2019.

Parkland School Board Vice President Marisa Ziegler announced her reelection campaign Tuesday.

Democrat Josh Shapiro will become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at Tuesday's inaugural ceremony at the state Capitol, taking the oath of office on a cold winter day in the nation's fifth-most populous state on the heels of his blowout win in November's election.

Members of the governor-elect's transition team were required to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), so the public may never know how it progressed or who paid for it.

A retrospective of Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf's years in office reveals the challenges he faced.

Take a look at stories throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact or that you might want to look at again.

Glazier was originally appointed to the post in 2016 after the resignation of the previous controller

Tom Shortell and Brad Klein go behind the scenes on Shortell's reporting following Pat Browne's nomination to Pennsylvania secretary of revenue.

The incumbent Democrat's district changed because of statewide redistricting so that he now will represent the 134th House District

Mayor Matt Tuerk of Allentown joined state representatives Peter Schweyer and Mike Schlossberg in calling for patience as it may take a few days for all votes to be counted following Tuesday's elections.

Flood, a Republican from Moore Township, handily defeated Democratic challenger Gene Hunter.

Tuesday night live election updates.

Schlossberg, a Democrat, has served in the Pennsylvania Legislature since 2012.

Some voters at the polls said this year's election feels different than past years.

Sandy Simon ran and won her position as a poll worker in 1996. She has reported twice a year to prepare for the primary election every spring and the general every first Tuesday after the first Monday every November.

Missed any of our election coverage? Here is a convenient way to scan the stories on local and statewide races that affect you today. From the gubernatorial race to the U.S. Senate race to the race for Pa.-7 and more, take a look so you don't miss anything.

A group of young changemakers are working hard to draw more Gen Zers into local politics, and to the polls. But in serving the interests of their country in the political field, they’re doing it behind the scenes instead of in a public-facing role.

With Election Day nearly upon us, our reporters fanned out across the region to find out where folks stood on issues that have defined American politics. This is what they heard.

The Pa. Supreme Court has ruled that mail-in ballots that are missing a date or have a date written incorrectly will need to be set aside by county election boards.

Lehigh Valley voters will help decide some of the nation's most closely-watched contests — Fetterman vs. Oz and Wild vs. Scheller. Here's a look up and down the ballots.