Lehigh Valley Politics and Election News

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Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro Wednesday detailed how he’ll assume power from Gov. Tom Wolf, who will helm the AG’s office, and some of his goals for his first year in office.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along his style from Pennsylvania. It's one that extends from his own personal and very casual dress code to hanging marijuana flags outside his current office in the state Capitol.

Officials in a northeastern Pennsylvania county where paper shortages caused Election Day ballot problems are deadlocked on whether to report official vote tallies to the state.

Rep. Mike Schlossberg credited GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano — and Mastriano's extreme positions — with turning the state House blue for the first time in a decade.

Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hanna announced Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2023 election cycle.

Daniel Buglio will run for Lehigh County coroner, a job he was appointed to this spring.

As part of what will be a routine effort to verify Pennsylvania’s election results, the Department of State has asked counties to perform what’s known as a risk-limiting audit.

Democrats won a suburban Philadelphia state House race Friday, giving them barely enough seats to take the chamber majority after 12 years.

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The Democratic candidate for Lehigh County judge will appeal the decision 'immediately.'

Many of the ceremonies will be restricted and streamed online because of the surge in COVID-19 cases.

Opponents say a new Lehigh Valley Senate seat splinters rapidly-growing Latino communities.

The city's first Spanish-speaking mayor will be sworn in Jan. 3.

Leigh Chapman will be the Department of State's fifth leader in seven years.

Commonwealth Court is expected to rule soon on a case that could lead to an election probe.

Council will decide on the process for filling the council vacancy after the inauguration.

Rep. Scott Perry called the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol 'illegitimate.'

Splitting a major city into two districts could affect its school funding, she says.

Both Allentown and Bethlehem would be split into different Senate districts under the plan.

Advocacy groups and Democrats want the state to block the request for voters' partial social security numbers and other sensitive information.

Democrats say the new draft has little chance of passing because it wasn't negotiated with the governor's office.