Lehigh Valley Politics and Election News

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain visited Allentown on Sunday to rally union members for the Harris-Walz ticket and other Democrats on the ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

An Allentown resident living with disabilities recently met with Congresswoman Susan Wild to talk about what congress can do to improve services for people like him.

Join Megan Frank at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. every Friday for Insights with LehighValleyNews.com on WLVR. This week, she's joined by Managing Producer Stephanie Sigafoos and Northampton County reporter Ryan Gaylor.

Senate Republicans want Revenue Secretary Pat Browne to release a trove of tax records from Allentown's Neighborhood Improvement Zone.

Charlie Dent, a Republican from Allentown, served seven terms in Congress. He said he voted for Kamala Harris by absentee ballot last week. Dent also endorsed Democrat Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020.

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, PA-07, will headline a rally to help elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 10:30 a.m. in Allentown.

Liz Cheney, formerly the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, served in Congress with U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, the Lehigh Valley Democrat seeking a fourth term in her race against GOP challenger Ryan Mackenzie.

U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, spent more than $5.4 million in the past three months as she seeks a fourth term in Congress. Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie spent just a fraction of that in his bid to win Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.

This week on Political Pulse, politics reporter Tom and political scientist Chris Borick talk about what the stakes are looking like in the race for Pennsylvania's seventh congressional district.

Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz made a stop at a home in Easton on Monday to stir up support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Walz's husband, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, just a few weeks shy of Election Day.

After four days of counting votes, Pennsylvania native son Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the state, and the 2020 presidential race, according to the AP.

With the Presidential race still undecided, WLVR’s Brad Klein speaks with Pennsylvania’s Senior Senator, Bob Casey about the US Postal Service, and its role in the election.

Eyes are on Pennsylvania as the nation waits for the remaining votes to be counted in the presidential election.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf this afternoon condemned the Trump campaign’s decision to sue the state to attempt to stop the ongoing counting of ballots.

Please be patient: We most likely won’t know the results of the Nov. 3 election in Pa. and across the country for several days. Find out more about how…

Pennsylvanians have been slammed with political messages this election season. That’s thanks, in part, to the Commonwealth being a swing state. And voters found it hard to catch a break.

Voters across the Lehigh Valley experienced long wait times Tuesday morning, but things were moving more quickly in Lehigh County by mid day. But as WLVR’s Tyler Pratt reports, wait times weren’t the only concern for some Spanish speakers at the polls.

Mail-in ballot counting kicked off in Lehigh County this morning just before 9 a.m. WLVR’s Tyler Pratt was there, along with poll watchers as the first ballots were opened and the first “naked ballots” were found.

Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris was in the Lehigh Valley today as part of Biden's final campaign blitz across the Keystone State.

As millions of Pennsylvanians are expected to take to the polls for in-person voting tomorrow, the state’s top health official is asking residents to take COVID precautions.

Control of the state legislature is at play this Election Day. For years, Republicans have dominated Pennsylvania’s House and Senate. But now, Democrats see a path to take control of both chambers.

Pennsylvania officials are imploring voters to return their mail-in ballots now, and in-person at drop boxes - following a recent decision from the U-S Supreme Court that’s called into question the future of ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. on Election Day - and whether they’ll be counted immediately.