{"id":30711,"date":"2025-11-11T04:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/30711\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:06:14","slug":"allentown-mayor-matt-tuerk-claims-re-election-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/30711\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown mayor Matt Tuerk claims re-election victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk<\/a> appeared to win re-election to a second four-year term running the Lehigh Valley\u2019s largest city. <\/p>\n

The Democrat had an overwhelming lead over challenger Ed Zucal, a Democrat who secured the Republican nomination through a write-in campaign in the May primary election.<\/p>\n

Lehigh County posted unofficial results showing Tuerk with 12,001 votes to 4,644 for Zucal \u2014 a percentage split of 72-28 between the vote tally for the two candidates. <\/p>\n

WFMZ-TV 69 reporter Amelia Sack reported on the station\u2019s Election Central<\/a> coverage that Tuerk had claimed victory.<\/p>\n

Results are unofficial until certified. Approaching 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

Tuerk, the Queen City\u2019s first Latino mayor, recently proposed a budget for 2026 that includes a 3.96% tax increase that he says is needed to maintain city services. <\/p>\n

Zucal, a retired police sergeant, has criticized Tuerk\u2019s tenure, claiming quality-of-life issues are ignored and promised to keep taxes down by controlling city spending.<\/p>\n

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