US Midterms 2026
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Lloyd Smucker, a Republican who has represented Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district and its predecessor since 2017, faces Democrat Nancy Mannion, a registered nurse, in his 2026 bid for reelection.
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Lloyd Smucker was born on January 23, 1964, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Daniel and Arie Smucker. At the time of his birth his family belonged to the Old Order Amish, and they left the community when he was five years old. He graduated from Lancaster Mennonite High School in 1981 and then attended Lebanon Valley College and Franklin & Marshall College, where he earned credits in liberal arts. He is a Lutheran and has three children with his wife, Cindy.
For 25 years Smucker served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown. He was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years and then served two terms as a township supervisor.
In 2008, after 23-year incumbent Gib Armstrong decided to retire, Smucker won a four-way Republican primary with 47% of the vote and defeated Democrat José E. Urdaneta, 57% to 43%, and he represented the 13th district in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 2009 to 2016.
On November 8, 2016, Smucker defeated Christina Hartman with 53% of the vote to replace the retiring Joe Pitts in Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district, and he was sworn in on January 3, 2017. A new congressional map imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2018 renumbered his district as the 11th, and he won a second term that year with 59% of the vote over Democrat Jess King. He serves on the Committee on Ways and Means.
The 11th district is based in Pennsylvania Dutch Country and includes all of Lancaster County and the southern half of York County. Lloyd Smucker, who was reelected with 62.9% of the vote in 2024, ran unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary and received 54,169 votes. In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Democrat Nancy Mannion, a registered nurse who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
