2023 Primary Election Day Coverage
LehighValleyNews.com news and results from the 2023 Primary Election.
This page will be updated with complete but unofficial election results at the end of Tuesday night for contested races only. Election results are unofficial until certified by the state of Pennsylvania. Races without results were uncontested.

Missed any of our election coverage? Here is a convenient way to scan the stories on local races that affect the May 2023 primary election. Stories will publish through May 14.
Election Coverage
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Sarah Mueller/The League of Women Voters of Lehigh County hosted the forum where the pledge signed onto by the "true Republicans" was center stage.
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Donna Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comPennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will address New Hampshire Democrats at their state convention Saturday, marking his first trip to an early primary state. His dominant victory in the 2022 governor's race raised Shapiro's political star in national circles.
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driftwood - stock.adobe.com/225607616Under the new format, prompts on the computer screens in driver’s license centers in Pennsylvania will take the user to a template to register to vote.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comLV Print Center in Allentown produces millions of political materials every election cycle, mostly for Democratic candidates. Their work has been used at every local, from local school board candidates to President Joe Biden, according to owners Maggie Wert and Ervin Fetherman.
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File/LehighValleyNews.comWLVR's Megan Frank talks with reporters Tom Shortell and Brittany Sweeney.
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Ryan Gaylor/LehighValleyNews.comRepublicans have long demonized mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, and experts say it's cost the party elections. Win Again PAC, formed by rivals Dean Browning and Lisa Scheller, is attempting to get irregular GOP voters to embrace the method and swing close races.
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Contributed/LehighValleyNews.comThere's two new candidates in the Allentown School Board race and one in the Southern Lehigh School board race.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County officials determined the proposed legislation had more than a dozen problems, making it too problematic to present to Allentown voters. The bill would have dispatched an EMT and mental health professional to certain calls and prohibited other first responders from going.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comWLVR's Megan Frank talks with Tom Shortell and Brian Myszkowski.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comConservative voters walked away impressed with Vivek Ramaswamy's performance in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, but most still pined for former President Donald Trump.
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Olivia Marble/LehighValleyNews.com"PBS NewsHour" filmed a segment of “America at a Crossroads" at the PBS39 studios in Bethlehem. Former longtime PBS anchor Judy Woodruff fronts the series.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comState law gives Northampton County Republicans a little over a week to find a candidate willing to take on Democrat Stephen Baratta in a high-profile race for district attorney.