2017 Northampton County Executive election

2017 Northampton County Executive election
November 7, 2017
 
Nominee Lamont McClure John Brown
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 22,520 17,675
Percentage 53.81% 48.20%

County Executive before election

John Brown
Republican

Elected County Executive

Lamont McClure
Republican

The 2017 Northampton County Executive election was held on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Republican County Executive John Brown, who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Auditor General in 2016, ran for re-election to a second term. He won the Republican nomination unopposed and faced former County Councilman Lamont McClure, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. McClure defeated Brown by a wide margin, winning 54 percent of the vote to Brown's 46 percent.