Allentown’s crowded Democratic City Council primary was too close to call early Wednesday as three candidates competed for the fourth and final nomination.
Matt Tuerk leads 4-way race for Allentown mayor nomination (UPDATE)
Updated 3:37 AM;
Today 12:55 AM
From top left: Allentown mayoral incumbent Ray O’Connell and Matt Tuerk, a longtime city and regional economic development official. At bottom: Julio Guridy, a city councilman for the past two decades; and Ce-Ce Gerlach, a city councilwoman. O’Connell was appointed interim mayor in March 2018 and elected in November 2019 to serve two more years.
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Allentown and regional economic development coordinator Matt Tuerk was leading the four-way race for the Democratic nomination for city mayor, according to unofficial results.
As of midnight Tuesday, Lehigh County was reporting incomplete results, including 159 of 161 Election Day precincts’ votes cast. Early Wednesday morning, the county reported all 161 precincts’ votes plus additional mail-in ballots tallied, still unofficial pending certification.