The 2021 Northampton County Executive election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Lamont McClure ran for re-election to a second term. He won the Democratic primary unopposed and faced Republican activist Steve Lynch in the general election.
During the campaign, Lynch spread conspiracy theories about the results of the 2020 presidential election and suggested that he would not accept the results of the County Executive election.[1] At a rally in Harrisburg on August 29, 2021, Lynch suggested that he would repeal school district mask mandates by force, saying, "I'm going in with 20 strong men. I'm going to speak in front of the school board and I'm going to give them an option: They can leave or they can be removed." McClure condemned Lynch's remarks, and requested that law enforcement investigate them, calling Lynch "a domestic terrorist" for attending Donald Trump's January 6 rally[2]
McClure ultimately defeated Lynch by a wide margin, winning 56 percent of the vote to Lynch's 44 percent. However, Lynch refused to concede, instead alleging unspecified irregularities in the vote count, and closely monitored the post-election canvassing.[3]
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