Congressional Candidate Conversations | Lamont McClure | PA-07 (2026)

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Lamont McClure discussing his candidacy for Congress and key issues like housing affordability and healthcare.

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Become a partner or contact us On this special series of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we sat down with candidates running for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District ahead of the May 19, 2026 primary. To keep this fair and useful, every candidate was asked the same core questions. Mark Pinsley is not included because he dropped out. We also reached out multiple times to Congressman Ryan McKenzie’s office and did not receive a response. In this episode, we speak with Lamont McClure, who says he recently completed his second term as Northampton County Executive and announced his run for Congress last February. He describes his candidacy as a response to what he calls growing national chaos, and he ties his platform to affordability, healthcare, and public safety. Campaign: https://mcclureforpa.com/ Day to day financial stressMcClure says the biggest day to day financial stress he hears about is housing affordability. He argues that tariffs are limiting the ability of home builders to build homes, which limits supply and contributes to rising costs and homelessness. He says national solutions should include incentivizing affordable…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Pinsley, Ryan McKenzie

Guest: Lamont McClure

Topics covered

• Congressional candidates
• Pennsylvania politics
• affordability
• healthcare
• public safety

Keywords

• Congress
• primary election
• Northampton County Executive
• tariffs
• housing market

Mentioned in this episode

Products: healthcare, affordable housing

Places: Pennsylvania, 7th Congressional District, Northampton County, Northampton, Lehigh, the Lehigh Va

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