{"id":195506,"date":"2026-05-18T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/195506\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:21:14","slug":"here-are-the-candidates-in-the-lehigh-valley-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/195506\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the candidates in the Lehigh Valley primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The balance of power in both Congress and the state Legislature are at stake in November, but first, it\u2019s time to choose your party\u2019s candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley 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 will vote in a contested primary for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, meaning only Democrats and Republicans can vote for candidates of their respective parties. If you are not a member of either party, you cannot vote for candidates on Tuesday. (Voters in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, do have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2026\/05\/02\/election-2026-heres-what-hanover-township-lehigh-county-voters-are-deciding-on-in-their-primary-referendum-question\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">referendum on how the township purchases and approves contracts.<\/a> All voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on that.)<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the candidates for major office on the ballot in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Voters also will be asked to choose members of the Democratic and Republican state committees and local party committee members.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. House of Representatives<br \/>\n7TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon and part of Monroe counties<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Robert Brooks<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Crosswell<\/p>\n<p>Lamont G. McClure<\/p>\n<p>Carol Obando-Derstine<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Mackenzie<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania governor<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Shapiro<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Garrity<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania lieutenant governor<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Austin Davis<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Jason Richey<\/p>\n<p>John Ventre<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania House<br \/>\n22ND DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Allentown and Salisbury Township<\/p>\n<p> Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Ce-Ce Gerlach<\/p>\n<p>Ana Tiburcio<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Robert E. Smith Jr.<\/p>\n<p>131ST DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Lower Milford, Upper Milford and Upper Saucon townships; part of Salisbury and Lower Saucon townships; Coopersburg; parts of Montgomery County<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Meriam Sabih<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Milou Mackenzie<\/p>\n<p>132ND DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>South Whitehall Township, parts of Allentown and Upper Macungie Township<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schlossberg<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Caren Lowrey<\/p>\n<p>133RD DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem and Hanover Township in Lehigh County; Whitehall Township; Catasauqua, Coplay and Fountain Hill<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Jeanne McNeill<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>None<\/p>\n<p>134TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Allentown and Salisbury Township; Emmaus<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Peter Schweyer<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Miriam Maldonado<\/p>\n<p>135TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem and part of Hanover Township in Northampton County<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Samuelson<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Poplawski<\/p>\n<p>136TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Easton; parts of Lower Saucon and Palmer townships; Williams Township; Freemansburg, Glendon, Hellertown, West Easton and Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Robert Freeman<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Pilar Cavallo-Campisi<\/p>\n<p>137TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem (Northampton County portion), Lower Nazareth and Upper Nazareth Townships; parts of Palmer Township and Hanover Township, Northampton County; Nazareth and Tatamy<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Warren<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Joe Emrick<\/p>\n<p>138TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Bushkill, Forks, Lower Mount Bethel, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel and Washington townships, Bangor, Chapman, East Bangor, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto, Stockertown and Wind Gap, part of Moore Township<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Jared Bitting<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Ann Flood<\/p>\n<p>183RD DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Allen, East Allen, Lehigh, Lowhill and North Whitehall townships; Bath, North Catasauqua, Northampton, Slatington and Walnutport; part of Moore Township<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Deirdre Kamber Todd<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Zach Mako<\/p>\n<p>187TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lynn, Washington and Weisenberg townships; part of Upper Macungie Township; Alburtis and Macungie<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Cuevas<\/p>\n<p>Geoffrey Whitcomb<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Gary Day<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Senate<br \/>\n14TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Allentown and South Whitehall Township; Allen, Bushkill, East Allen, Hanover (Lehigh), Hanover (Northampton), Lehigh, Moore, Salisbury and Whitehall townships; Bath, Catasauqua, Chapman, Coplay, Emmaus, Fountain Hill, North Catasauqua, Northampton and Walnutport<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Nick Miller<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Omy Maldonado<\/p>\n<p>16TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Allentown and South Whitehall Township; Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, Lynn, North Whitehall Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington and Weisenberg townships; Alburtis, Coopersburg, Macungie and Slatington. In Bucks County, Bedminster, Bridgeton, Durham, East Rockhill, Haycock, Hilltown, Milford, Nockamixon, Richland, Springfield, Tinicum and West Rockhill townships; Dublin, Perkasie, Quakertown, Richlandtown, Riegelsville, Sellersville, Silverdale, Telford and Trumbauersville.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Bradley Merkl Gump<\/p>\n<p>Mark Pinsley<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Jarrett Coleman<\/p>\n<p>18TH DISTRICT<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem and Easton; Bethlehem, Forks, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Nazareth, Lower Saucon, Palmer, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Nazareth, Washington and Williams\u00a0 townships; Bangor, East Bangor, Freemansburg, Glendon, Hellertown, Nazareth, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto, Stockertown, Tatamy, West Easton, Wilson and Wind Gap.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Boscola<\/p>\n<p>Republican<\/p>\n<p>Scott Janney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The balance of power in both Congress and the state Legislature are at stake in November, but first,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,836,182,139,50,432],"class_list":["post-195506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-election","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}