{"id":148505,"date":"2026-04-06T22:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148505"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:12:56","slug":"lehigh-county-hosts-congressional-district-7-candidate-forum-at-cedar-crest-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148505","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Hosts Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum at Cedar Crest College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown, PA \u2014 The Lehigh County Democratic Committee, in partnership with Red, Wine and Blue and Indivisible Bethlehem, will host a Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum on Tuesday, April 7th at 6:30 PM at Cedar Crest College, in Alumnae Hall.<\/p>\n<p>This public forum will feature Democratic candidates seeking to represent Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th Congressional District:<\/p>\n<p>Bob Brooks<br \/>\nRyan Croswell<br \/>\nCarol Obando-Derstine<br \/>\nLamont McClure<\/p>\n<p>The event will provide voters with an opportunity to hear directly from the candidates on key issues impacting the Lehigh Valley and beyond, including the economy, healthcare, education, and protecting democratic values. Attendees will also have the chance to gain insight into each candidate\u2019s vision, priorities, and leadership approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis forum is an important opportunity for voters to engage with the candidates and make informed decisions ahead of the election,\u201d said organizers. \u201cWe are proud to partner with grassroots and community organizations to ensure a robust and inclusive democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:00 pm. Seats are limited.<\/p>\n<p>Event Details:\u00a0Location: Alumnae Hall, Cedar Crest College<br \/>\nDate: Tuesday, April 7<br \/>\nTime: 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, please contact the Lehigh County Democratic Committee.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@lehighdemocrats.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@lehighdemocrats.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown, PA \u2014 The Lehigh County Democratic Committee, in partnership with Red, Wine and Blue and Indivisible Bethlehem, will host a Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum on Tuesday, April 7th &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148505\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lehigh County Hosts Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum at Cedar Crest College<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lcdems.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148507,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148505\/revisions\/148507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}