Saucon Source recently asked the four candidates who are vying for three seats on Hellertown Borough Council to answer the same four questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
Saucon Source recently asked the six candidates running for three seats on Lower Saucon Township Council to answer the same five questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
If you live in Lower Saucon Township or Hellertown borough and are registered to vote as a Republican or Democrat, you have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for the Saucon Valley School Board in the May 16 municipal primary election. To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source reached out to the 10 candidates running for five open school board seats to request a 200-word-maximum statement about why they're running, what challenges they believe the district faces and how they plan to serve all residents if elected.
To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source reached out to the seven candidates running for three open seats on Lower Saucon Township Council to request information about why they are running, what challenges they believe the township faces and more. If they responded to our request, you will find their answers here.
If you live in Hellertown Borough and are registered to vote as a Republican or Democrat, you have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for borough council in the upcoming municipal primary election. To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source recently reached out to all five candidates running for seats on Hellertown Borough Council to request information about why they're running, what challenges they believe the borough faces and more.
Information about where and how to vote in the 2023 Pennsylvania primary election is available at Vote.pa.gov.
Three Democrats, one of whom is an incumbent, announced that they are running for Lower Saucon Township Council Thursday. Priscilla deLeon, Victoria Opthof-Cordaro and Laura Ray all said that if elected they will fight to restore library services for residents and to preserve open space in the township.
Democrat and current state attorney general Josh Shapiro vastly outspent his Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, in the gubernatorial race. Shapiro also consistently led in the polls prior to 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.
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.
