Party nominations for many of the highest-profile elected offices in the Lehigh Valley were up for grabs in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary election.

Much of the local attention leading up to primary Election Day focused on the mayoral races in the region’s two biggest cities.

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk faced a challenge from city Councilman Ed Zucal, a fellow Democrat. Meanwhile, Bethlehem Democrats chose between incumbent Mayor J. William Reynolds and his challenger, city Councilwoman Grace Crampsie Smith. No Republicans were on the ballot in either city, meaning the races are likely to be decided from Tuesday’s vote — Zucal, however, pointed to a write-in campaign to secure the GOP nod and challenge Tuerk again in November.

For the GOP, two vied for the party’s nomination for Lehigh County executive. The Northampton County executive race was also contested but only on the Democratic side.

Nominations to run for judgeships and city council seats — including primary races for two Easton City Council seats — were up for grab as well in Tuesday’s primary. And there were local school board races in some districts.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. We reported on the unofficial results for the key races as they came in as well as other election-related developments throughout the night. Below were our updates. Looking for more election results? See Lehigh County’s tabulation here and Northampton County’s here:

11:19 p.m.: Unofficial, incomplete results as of about 11 p.m. from both Lehigh and Northampton counties show the leading vote-getters in the Democratic primary for four, four-year terms on Bethlehem City Council were Rachel Leon with 4,030 votes or 20.1% of the votes cast, Hillary G. Kwiatek with 3,864 votes or 19.2%, Justin Amann with 3,720 or 18.5% and Jo Daniels with 3,027 or 15.1%. Trailing were Tina Cantelmi with 2,923 or 14.6% and Celeste Dee with 2,521 or 12.6%. Kwiatek and Leon are incumbents.

11:02 p.m.: Unofficial results posted by Lehigh County about 10:50 p.m. showed Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk with 4,113 votes to 1,023 for Allentown City Councilman Edward Zucal, for a split of 80-20%. Tuerk told WFMZ-TV 69 he was feeling “confident” of securing the nomination in his bid for a second four-year term.

10:45 p.m.: In Easton, Tuesday’s two contested Democratic primary races pitted incumbent Councilman Roger Ruggles versus city planning commission member Frank Graziano III for District 1 covering primarily College Hill and Downtown, and incumbent Councilwoman Taiba Sultana versus Easton Area School Board member Susan Hartranft-Bittinger in South Side’s District 3. With 99.4% of Northampton County’s 157 precincts reporting, both newcomers appeared to unseat the incumbents.

10:33 p.m.: According to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election, Tara Zrinski defeated fellow Democrat Amy Cozze to win the party’s nomination to run in the Nov. 4 general election for Northampton County executive. Zrinski had 13,449 votes to Cozze’s 10,194 votes with 98.1% of precincts reporting as of 10:30 p.m.

10:31 p.m.: With unofficial results incomplete across the city’s Lehigh and Northampton county voting precincts,WFMZ-TV 69 reported about 10 p.m. that Bethlehem city Councilwoman Grace Crampsie Smith had conceded the Democratic mayoral primary race to incumbent Mayor J. William Reynolds.

10:23 p.m.: According to unofficial results, it appears Democrat Jeremy Clark will face off against Republican James Fuller in the general election for Northampton County judge. Democrat Robert Eyer was the third candidate. Judicial candidates can cross-file as both Democrats and Republicans in Pennsylvania primaries. Clark and Eyer also appeared on the Republican ballot. Fuller, a Republican, did not cross-file and only appeared on his party’s ballot.

9:43 p.m.: Secretary of State Al Schmidt said with the exception of a few “minor” issues, Pennsylvania’s primary election was calm and “ran smoothly,” PennLive.com reports. He said some county elections boards reported only small, isolated issues, such as some precincts opening a few minutes late.

9:34 p.m.: Northampton County has posted results from 97, or 61.8%, of 157 precincts fully reporting votes in Tuesday’s primary election. Find the results at livevoterturnout.com via norcopa.gov/election-result.

9:19 p.m.: One of two primary election races for statewide court seats on Tuesday’s ballots is settled, according to unofficial results: In the Commonwealth Court contest, Matt Wolford of Erie County, a former state and federal prosecutor, defeated Josh Prince of Berks County, a prominent gun rights lawyer. Wolford in the Nov. 4 general election faces Philadelphia Judge Stella Tsai, who was unopposed on the Democratic ballot for Commonwealth Court. Tuesday’s Superior Court contest features Clarion County lawyer Maria Battista and Chester County Judge Ann Marie Wheatcraft. Democrats didn’t have a primary in that contest either, with Washington County Judge Brandon Neuman running uncontested.

The 15-member Superior Court hears appeals of civil and criminal cases from county courts. The nine-seat Commonwealth Court hears challenges or appeals from county courts in cases involving laws or government actions. Judges are elected to 10-year terms.

8:59 p.m.: Voters on Tuesday were choosing candidates to run for some of the top jobs in Pennsylvania’s biggest cities — Philadelphia and Pittsburgh — with the winners of the Democratic primaries all but assured of victory in November in the two heavily Democratic cities. In Philadelphia, Larry Krasner is seeking a third term as district attorney of the nation’s sixth-most populous city. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, the city’s first Black mayor, is seeking a second term. Both are Democrats who originally ran as progressives and face a primary challenger. Republicans also got to weigh in Tuesday on the Pittsburgh mayor’s race, though their party isn’t fielding a candidate in the Philadelphia district attorney’s contest.

8:01 p.m.: Polls have closed in the Pennsylvania primary election. If you were in line at your polling place by 8 p.m., you have the right to cast your ballot. Here’s a breakdown of your other rights as a voter from PennLive.com.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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