Lehigh Valley Politics and Election News

The community center gazebo is hoped to be a place for local veterans to feel recognized, as well as to relax and reflect

Lehigh County Clerk of Elections Tim Benyo said his office contacted law enforcement after determining an organization turned in hundreds of faulty voter registration applications.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is making a final push to rally supporters and win votes in Allentown after former President Donald Trump rolled through the city this week.

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will rally supporters in the Lehigh Valley on Monday, the final day of her campaign.

The "political convoy" is scheduled to occur Sunday afternoon starting at Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in North Whitehall Township and head south toward the Allentown area before heading back to the target-shooting facility.

Join Megan Frank every Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. for Insights with LehighValleyNews.com on WLVR. This week she talks with Allentown reporter Jason Addy and East Penn reporter Jay Bradley.

A tour group consisting of Europeans interested in the American political system stopped in Northampton County to see the spectacle of election season this week.

A video shot at the Northampton County Courthouse has gotten millions of views on social media with suggestions voter fraud is at play. The county executive says it's anything but.

"A Community Conversation: Protecting Your Vote" aired Wednesday on PBS39 and will be rebroadcast at 6 p.m. Thursday. It's hosted by LehighValleyNews.com politics reporter Tom Shortell.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Maya Harris and Luis Miranda Jr. attended a campaign party at the Puerto Rican Beneficial Society to help rally the Latino vote for Democrats.

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Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro plans to nominate former Lehigh County Sen. Pat Browne, who left office last month, as the commonwealth's Secretary of Revenue.

Chris Heagele, Easton city controller, said he will run for re-election and pledged to bring fiscal responsibility to the city.

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As the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, U.S. Rep. Susan Wild could review complaints filed against Rep. George Santos.

Ken Kraft represented District 1 on the council from 2011 to 2018, and is running to do so once again.

The former judge is running in May's Democratic primary, hoping to unseat incumbent Terry Houck.

The new year arrives with a new political calendar, including amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution, local municipal races and school board elections filling the 2023 ballot.

The clean up and the questions begin in the the aftermath of the weekend's violent assault on Brazil's Congress.

Jeff Warren, a former city council member who also served on Hanover Township's board of supervisors, is running to represent District 3 on Northampton County Council.

In the Pennsylvania Capitol, no other issue defines the legislative career of newly minted state House Speaker Mark Rozzi more than helping survivors of decades-old sexual abuse.

Some are hopeful the chamber will finally pass rule changes aimed at giving all lawmakers a say in making policy, but there’s reason to be skeptical.