Democrats took control of Congress and flipped the Senate in the 2026 midterm election, and Northampton County and the 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania followed suit on Tuesday.
The Brown and White compiled and averaged polling result data from four nationwide news sources: The Associated Press, The New York Times, Fox News and CNN.
Bob Brooks beat incumbent congressional candidate Ryan Mackenzie as of 10:27 p.m. According to the report from the Associated Press, Brooks garnered 135,315 votes (56.8%) while Mackenzie had 102,872 (43.2%).
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis will maintain their positions in Harrisburg. Shapiro beat Republican nominee Stacy Garrity (38.5%) and Libertarian nominee Ken Krawchuk (1.3%), obtaining 2,734,645 votes (60.2%). The Associated Press called the results at 8:01 p.m.
Democratic incumbent candidate Lisa Boscola maintained her seat within the Pennsylvania State Senate, beating write-in Republican nominee Scott Janney by 28%.
Incumbent Democratic nominee Steve Samuelson, ‘86, will serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the next two years. The Lehigh alumnus will go onto his 15th term in the house.
The aforementioned results are from midterm election coverage published on Tuesday. The Brown and White will update this article as official results come out in the following days.
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