Steve Novak

Easton tradition says it was Robert Levers, a Northampton County magistrate who became a leader in the new local government, but the historical record isn't as clear.

The man credited with reading the Declaration of Independence in Easton in 1776 never mentioned doing it.

The campaign for Mike Schlossberg, the Democratic Majority Whip seeking an eighth term in Pennsylvania’s 132nd House District, has raised $106,958 in contributions so far this year — and spent most of it to assist other Democratic campaigns.

Neither candidate for Pennsylvania’s 136th House District reported any significant fundraising so far in 2026, but longtime incumbent Democrat Robert Freeman still holds a significant cash advantage over Republican challenger Pilar Cavallo-Campisi.

Fundraising has not been a factor so far in the race for Pennsylvania’s 135th House District, where incumbent Democrat Steve Samuelson leads Republican challenger Joseph Poplawski in finances.

A Green Party candidate’s entry has stirred up the race for Pennsylvania’s closely watched 7th Congressional District, generating disavowal from the Greens, scrutiny of his past Republican ties and nomination petitions as well as accusations of “meddling.”

A pair of legal challenges seek to remove third-party candidate Andrew Tupone from the ballot for the Lehigh Valley’s 7th Congressional District, alleging nearly all of his approximately 10,000 signatures are invalid in part because voters may have been misled about what they were signing.

A Philadelphia-area election law attorney who specializes in legal challenges on behalf of Republicans, including President Donald Trump, is representing Andrew Tupone, the third-party candidate in the 7th Congressional District who is facing petition challenges

Taking the stand twice in one day to defend his place on the 7th Congressional District ballot, Andrew Tupone, the self-described Green Party candidate, testified on Thursday that he did not know who solicited nomination signatures on his behalf, and that he retained his

Andrew Tupone was running for Congress as a self-described Green Party candidate, but an objection from the party itself has forced him off the Nov.