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3 Vying For District 2 County Commissioner Seat

Fourteen candidates are running for Lehigh County commissioner seats in the May 21 primary, according to an unofficial voter registration list.

Incumbent Percy Dougherty and challenger Scott Aquila, both of Lower Macungie, will square off in a Republican primary race for a District 2 Lehigh County Commissioner seat on May 21, according to an unofficial voter registration list.

Susan Ellis Wild is the lone Democrat in the District 2 field, and if unchallenged by write-in candidates, would face the winner of the Repubican primary.

District 2 covers Upper Macungie, Lower Macungie, South Whitehall and Alburtis.

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The most competitive field is District 5, which has four Republicans running for one seat in the primary and two Democrats running for one seat in its party's primary.

Here are the other commissioner candidates, according to the unofficial list:

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DISTRICT 5 (Emmaus, Macungie, Upper Milford, Lower Milford, Coopersburg, Upper Saucon and parts of Allentown)

Republican

Nathan Brown, of Emmaus

 of Salisbury Township

Kevin P. Ryan, of Upper Milford

Incumbent Michael P. Schware, of Allentown

Democrat

 of Emmaus

Stephen P. Walters, of Lower Milford

 

DISTRICT 4 (Part of Allentown)

Geoffrey Brace, of Allentown

 

DISTRICT (Part of Bethlehem and Allentown, Fountain Hill, Catasauqua and Hanover)

Democrat

Incumbent David Jones, of Allentown

Juan Camacho, of Allentown

 

DISTRICT 2 (South Whitehall, Lower Macungie, Upper Macungie and Alburtis)

Democrat

Susan Ellis Wild

Republican

Incumbent Percy Dougherty, of Lower Macungie

Scott Aquila, of Lower Macungie

 

DISTRICT 1 (North Whitehall, Weisenberg, Lynn, Heidleberg, Washington, Lowhill, Slatington, Whitehall and Coplay)

Republican

Incumbent Tom Creighton, of Lynn Township

Democrat

Bill Leiner, of Coplay


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