{"id":25176,"date":"2025-11-05T05:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/25176\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:47:06","slug":"pa-state-rep-defeats-former-allentown-police-chief-in-lehigh-county-executive-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/25176\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. state rep defeats former Allentown police chief in Lehigh County executive race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NIXOYKMJNBHPDNFYSUXGEWU7OY\">Democrat Josh Siegel, a Pennsylvania state representative, defeated Republican Roger MacLean, a former Allentown police chief, in Tuesday\u2019s election for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighcounty.org\/departments\/county-executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighcounty.org\/departments\/county-executive\">Lehigh County executive<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RHGXBCTL7VBFHFVEKHD7KBZKZQ\">Siegel, 31, had a commanding lead over MacLean as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. His 56,611 votes to MacLean\u2019s 36,798 votes was good for more than 60% of the tally, unofficial results show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Z4DLGBRNEVAQLBFRYADTVXPSLY\">Results are unofficial until certified. As of midnight Tuesday, Lehigh County was reporting partial results from Election Day votes across all precincts, in addition to partial mail-in ballots and provisional ballots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6YSYMCBOJ5GRJFGWJ3C3DIGEI4\">The county executive serves as the top administrator in county government. Outgoing incumbent Democrat Phil Armstrong couldn\u2019t run again because of a two-term limit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FBFROUAOCVB4PO3HIX6PA6W5UE\">Siegel\u2019s platform included proposals for addressing spending, housing, safety, economic growth, seniors, elections, unions, open space, public transportation and health and human services, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairlehighvalley.substack.com\/p\/polar-platforms-define-lehigh-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/armchairlehighvalley.substack.com\/p\/polar-platforms-define-lehigh-county\">report by Armchair Lehigh Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CKBZAEIBZBB5XJLJGYHBOIIXII\">MacLean, 73, said he ran because he thought Siegel should have a challenger and described his opponent as a far-left radical who is anti-police and voted against hiring police while on Allentown City Council.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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