lehigh-county-politics

A week out from Election Day, outside groups have reported spending $7.7 million on behalf of Democratic and Republican candidates. (Photo by Daniella Heminghaus for the New Jersey Monitor)

Meet the 7 Democrats running for Lehigh County commissioner
BY: - April 20, 2023

Four in the running on Republican side in May 16 primary for four at-large seats.

Long-serving Lehigh Co. DA Jim Martin won’t seek re-election
BY: - January 17, 2023

The Republican intends to finish term, which ends next January.

Judicial candidate Zachary Cohen, right, holds hands with his wife, Virginia, while awaiting results of the final ballot count Thursday in the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown (Photo by Donna Fisher/Armchair Lehigh Valley)

Cohen wins Lehigh County judicial election by 5 votes
BY: - June 17, 2022

The count was delayed for seven months while the ballot challenge went through the courts.

Lehigh DA: Hundreds illegally dropped off more than one ballot in drop boxes; No prosecutions planned
BY: - April 5, 2022

ALLENTOWN — An investigation by the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office found that there were “likely hundreds of instances” where people deposited more than one ballot in a voting drop box last fall – a violation of state election law. But District Attorney Jim Martin said there will be no prosecutions because it is impossible […]

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