Tom Shortell / LehighValleyNews.com

Vice President JD Vance celebrated the nation's economic outlook during a Tuesday stop at a Uline Shipping Supplies warehouse in Lehigh County, saying that strengthening the economy has been the driving motive through the first 10 months of the President Donald Trump's second term.

In his first comments since formally launching his congressional campaign last week, Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley staked a claim to the left wing of the Democratic field.

Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley has jumped into the crowded race for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.

Obando-Derstine becomes the second Democrat to enter the race to unseat first-term incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie