Procrastinator’s Guide to 2026 primary: Everything you need to know for Election Day
Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Democratic voters will cast ballots in the 7th Congressional District, 16th District state Senate, the 22nd District state House of Representatives and 187th District state House. Republicans have no races for those seats; GOP candidates
If you've been thinking that things have been going well politically — or that they haven't, and a change is needed — today is the day you can weigh in on the road from here.
Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania.
Lehigh Valley Democratic voters will cast ballots in the 7th Congressional District, 16th District state Senate, the 22nd District state House of Representatives and 187th District state House.
Republicans have no races for those seats; GOP candidates in them are unopposed.
Republicans will vote in a contested primary for lieutenant governor between Pittsburgh attorney Jason Richey and author John Ventre.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity both are unopposed in their primaries.
In Pennsylvania's closed primary, only Democrats and Republicans can vote, and only for candidates in their party.
Polls will be open for in-person voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Not sure where to go? You can find your local polling place HERE.
Completed mail-in ballots have to be received by the county board of elections office by 8 p.m. today, May 19. Postmarks do not count.
Lieutenant Governor Democrat Austin Davis Republican Jason Richey John Ventre
U.S. House of Representatives 7th District Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon and part of Monroe counties Democrat Robert Brooks Ryan Crosswell Lamont G. McClure Carol Obando-Derstine Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 22nd District Parts of Allentown and Salisbury Township Democrat Ce-Ce Gerlach Ana Tiburcio Republican Robert E. Smith Jr.
131st District Lower Milford, Upper Milford and Upper Saucon townships; part of Salisbury and Lower Saucon townships; Coopersburg; parts of Montgomery County Democrat Meriam Sabih Republican Milou Mackenzie
132nd District South Whitehall Township, parts of Allentown and Upper Macungie Township Democrat Michael Schlossberg Republican Caren Lowrey
133rd District Bethlehem (in Lehigh County), Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Whitehall Township, Catasauqua, Coplay and Fountain Hill. Democrat Jeanne McNeill Republican None
134th District Parts of Allentown and Salisbury Township; Emmaus Democrat Peter Schweyer Republican Miriam Maldonado
135th District Bethlehem and part of Hanover Township, Northampton County Democratic Stephen Samuelson Republican Joseph Poplawski
136th District Easton, parts of Lower Saucon and Palmer townships, Williams Township, Freemansburg, Glendon, Hellertown, West Easton and Wilson Democrat Robert Freeman Republican Pilar Cavallo-Campisi
137th District Bethlehem (in Northampton County), Lower Nazareth and Upper Nazareth townships, and parts of Palmer Township and Hanover Township, Northampton County; Nazareth and Tatamy Democrat Jeff Warren Republican Joe Emrick
138th District Bushkill, Forks, Lower Mount Bethel, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel and Washington townships, Bangor, Chapman, East Bangor, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto, Stockertown and Wind Gap, and part of Moore Township Democrat Jared Bitting Republican Ann Flood
183rd District Allen, East Allen, Lehigh, Lowhill and North Whitehall townships and part of Moore Township; Bath, North Catasauqua, Northampton, Slatington and Walnutport Democrat Deirdre Kamber Todd Republican Zach Mako
187th District Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lynn, Washington and Weisenberg townships and part of Upper Macungie Township; Alburtis and Macungie Democratic Rachel Cuevas Geoffrey Whitcomb Republican Gary Day
Pennsylvania Senate 14th District Parts of Allentown and South Whitehall Township; Allen, Bushkill, East Allen, Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Hanover Township, Northampton County, Lehigh, Moore, Salisbury and Whitehall townships; Bath, Catasauqua, Chapman, Coplay, Emmaus, Fountain Hill, North Catasauqua, Northampton and Walnutport Democrat Nick Miller Republican Omy Maldonado
16th District Parts of Allentown and South Whitehall Township; Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, Lynn, North Whitehall Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington and Weisenberg townships; Alburtis, Coopersburg, Macungie and Slatington. Also, parts of Bucks County. Democrat Bradley Merkl Gump Mark Pinsley Republican Jarrett Coleman
18th District Bethlehem and Easton; Bethlehem, Forks, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Nazareth, Lower Saucon, Palmer, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Nazareth, Washington and Williams townships; Bangor, East Bangor, Freemansburg, Glendon, Hellertown, Nazareth, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto, Stockertown, Tatamy, West Easton, Wilson and Wind Gap. Democrat Lisa Boscola Republican Scott Janney
