Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election, concluding a day of voting that featured several high-profile races for both Democrats and Republicans in the Lehigh Valley. Leading up to the election, Northampton County officials emphasized their efforts to ensure a smooth primary election in the wake of last November’s voting machine malfunction that “flipped” votes for two judicial retention candidates. The malfunction was caught early, and the votes were corrected, county officials have said.
For the county’s registered Democrats and Republicans, Tuesday’s primary offered choices in several key races. Lehigh Valley Republicans voted among three candidates for the party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Susan Wild in the 7th Congressional District in November’s general election. In one of the bigger races on the Democratic side, Pennsylvania state Rep. Robert Freeman, the Easton area’s longtime representative in Harrisburg, is facing a rare primary challenge from Easton City Councilwoman Taiba Sultana.
Lehighvalleylive.com has been following election-related news throughout the day and will be tracking election results as they come in. We’ll be posting updates below throughout the night as the tallies are counted. (Click refresh on your browser for the latest updates.)
12:52 p.m.: Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick, a contest that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could help decide control of the Senate next year.
3:05 p.m.: Voting is going well on Tuesday as voters head to the polls for the 2024 primary elections, pennlive.com reported. The Department of State said its newly revamped election night returns website, electionreturns.pa.gov, would make it easier for users to navigate and search for results.
8:10 p.m.: Northampton County has posted the votes of 19,476 mail-in ballots at norcopa.gov. The county has 221,429 registered voters.
