Voters across the Lehigh Valley selected mayors, county executives and local officials Tuesday for the 2025 General Election, shaping the region’s leadership for the next four years. Polls closed at 8 p.m., and results continue to be counted. Here are the results as of 12:24 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5:

Allentown Mayor

Incumbent Matt Tuerk (D) was re-elected to a second term, defeating City Council member Ed Zucal (R).

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Tuerk won with 72% of the vote to Zucal’s 28%.

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Bethlehem Mayor

J. William Reynolds (D) was re-elected mayor of Bethlehem. He ran unopposed.

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Bethlehem City Council

All four Democratic candidates — Rachel Leon, Hillary Kwiatek, Justin Amann and Jo Daniels — won seats.

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  • Leon (D) – 3,794 votes
  • Kwiatek (D) – 3,479
  • Amann (D) – 3,393
  • Jo Daniels (D) – 3,312
  • Poplawski (R) – 1,603

Lehigh County Executive

Josh Siegel (D) defeated Roger MacLean (R) with 64% to 36%.

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Northampton County Executive

Tara Zrinski (D) defeated Tom Giovanni (R) with 59% to 41%.

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Northampton County Court of Common Pleas

Jeremy Clark (D) defeated James Fuller (R), 50,652 votes to 34,924.

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Northampton County Council

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Five candidates were elected to the county council.

  • Lori Vargo Heffner (D) – 48,658 votes
  • David Holland (D) – 48,498 votes
  • Jason Boulette (D) – 47,318 votes
  • Theresa Fadem (D) – 47,124 votes
  • Nadeem Qayyum (D) – 43,904 votes

Allentown City Council

All four Democratic candidates — Cynthia Mota, Jeremy Binder, Natalie Santos and Christian Pungo — won seats on Allentown City Council.

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  • Mota – 9,578 votes
  • Binder – 8,731 votes
  • Santos – 8,393 votes
  • Pungo – 7, 857 votes

Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas

Mark Stanziola (D) defeated Patricia Fuentes Mulqueen (R), 42,897 votes to 26,291.

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State Supreme Court Retention

Voters approved the retention of Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, maintaining Democrats’ 5-2 majority.

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Turnout

Turnout was 37.8% in Lehigh County and 39.2% in Northampton County, according to election officials.

County boards will continue canvassing mail, provisional and overseas ballots.