Voters are casting ballots across the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania in Tuesday’s primary election to pick their party’s nominees for the November general election. Polls are open until 8 p.m.
Local Democrats are voting in contested primaries in four races: the 7th Congressional District, 16th state Senate district in Lehigh and Bucks counties, and the 22nd and 187th state House districts in Lehigh County. Republicans are voting in a contested primary for lieutenant governor.
The crowded Democratic primary for the Lehigh Valley-based 7th District will be closely watched, as Bob Brooks, Ryan Crosswell, Lamont McClure and Carol Obando-Derstine vie for the nomination to take on Republican first-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie. That November matchup is considered to be one of the most hotly contested races nationally of the midterm congressional elections.
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