{"id":252758,"date":"2026-07-27T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252758\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:34:07","slug":"pa-07-candidates-mackenzie-and-brooks-hold-sunday-rallies-as-election-day-countdown-begins-election-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252758\/","title":{"rendered":"PA-07 candidates Mackenzie and Brooks hold Sunday rallies as Election Day countdown begins | Election Central"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Voters will make their voices heard in 100 days.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District is one of the big races on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie\u00a0and Democrat Bob Brooks, who’s the president of Pennsylvania’s firefighters union, are facing off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both candidates held events Sunday in the Lehigh Valley as the countdown winds down.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been working over a year-and-a-half to make sure we were ready for November’s election, so now we’re just taking it up a notch,” said Congressman Mackenzie.<\/p>\n

“It’s time we had someone representing the Lehigh Valley in Congress who actually understands the challenges working people are facing,” said Brooks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mackenzie is coming off his first term in Congress after defeating Susan Wild in 2024. He met with supporters in Bethlehem Township.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Mackenzie highlights tax relief, border security at campaign event in Bethlehem Township<\/a><\/p>\n

“So, now we’re going to be talking about the record tax relief that we delivered for everybody all across the country. The fact that the border is secure and actually the fact that we are the ones going in there and talking about reforming Congress and reforming Washington D.C. So, I’m a proud supporter of banning insider trading amongst members of Congress,” said Congressman Mackenzie.<\/p>\n

Brooks campaigned in Bethlehem Sunday with the support of Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n

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Shapiro, Jeffries rally in Bethlehem to support Democratic candidate Bob Brooks for Congress<\/a><\/p>\n

“We need to tackle the culture of corruption in Washington head-on– ban corporate PAC money, stop members oof Congress from trading stocks, raise the minimum wage, pass the PRO Act, set term limits, deliver healthcare for all Americans,” Brooks said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Federal Election Commission shows millions of dollars have already been poured into this race, including donations from out of state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Voters will make their voices heard in 100 days. Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District is one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391,836],"class_list":["post-252758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252758","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=252758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}