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Doug Mastriano emerged from a crowded GOP field of nine candidates who spent months crisscrossing the state to rally support from both party elites and the rank-and-file.
Hellertown Borough Council members voted Monday to approve a resolution opposing a state House redistricting plan that would move the borough from the 136th legislative district to the 131st legislative district, and are also asking the public to weigh in on it.
The proposed Pennsylvania State Senate redistricting would likely keep the partisan composition of the chamber largely unchanged, while improving upon traditional fairness metrics.
A Hellertown business owner has announced that he will once again seek to represent the 131st legislative district in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives.
The proposal–rejected by Republicans–improves on fairness metrics as mandated by the state constitution, while creating more districts that could be won by Democrats.
Three Democratic Northampton County Council members have prevailed in their quest for another term on council, according to the unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Voters in the Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh school districts couldn’t have been much clearer in terms of how they cast their votes in Tuesday’s election, with more progressive candidates largely failing to win or retain seats in the districts’ hotly-contested school board races.
Unofficial results from Tuesday’s general election indicate that Democrat Amy Zanelli has won the district magistrate’s seat for West Bethlehem and Fountain Hill in Lehigh County. Zanelli ran against Republican Van Scott for the seat, which was vacant.
Among the races Lower Saucon Township voters decided in Tuesday’s general election were two for township council, in which a total of three seats were up for grabs.
Among the races Hellertown residents decided in Tuesday’s general election were two for borough council, in which a total of five seats were up for grabs.
When Hellertown voters head to the polls next week, or when they complete their mail-in ballots before then, they’ll be choosing from among a total of seven candidates vying for five seats on the seven-member borough council.
