Lloyd Smucker PA-11 1Lloyd Smucker PA-11

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-16 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Commercial construction firm; Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016
District:    Lancaster County and most of southern York County.
Upcoming Election:

For 25 years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown[4] that received $4.83 million in PPP loans in 2020 and 2021 that were subsequently forgiven.

Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.

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Summary

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-16 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Commercial construction firm; Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016
District:    Lancaster County and most of southern York County.
Upcoming Election:

For 25 years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown[4] that received $4.83 million in PPP loans in 2020 and 2021 that were subsequently forgiven.

Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.

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About

Source: Government site

Lloyd Smucker 2Here’s a look at the locations in Pennsylvania Rep. Smucker has visited to meet, hear from, and engage with constituents. 

Since the start of the 115th Congress:

  • Rep. Smucker and his staff traveled more than 40,000 miles in his congressional district to meet with constituents.
  • Rep. Smucker has hosted more than 2,600 meetings with constituents in his downtown Lancaster office, York County offices in Hanover and Red Lion, and his Washington, D.C. office.
  • Rep. Smucker has visited or participated in hundreds of events with local businesses, schools, civic organizations, forums with constituents, or community resource centers.
  • Rep. Smucker’s casework staff completed 11,271 cases, helping thousands of individuals and families. Approximately $43,785,739.28 was returned to constituents. The top three federal agencies with which constituents requested help were the Social Security Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of State.
  • Rep. Smucker brought numerous Congressional and Administration leaders to the district, including United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, former House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx, Transportation & Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves, and former Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte.

Personal

Full Name: Lloyd K. Smucker

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Cindy; 3 Children: Paige, Regan, Nicholas

Birth Date: 01/23/1964

Birth Place: Lancaster, PA

Home City: West Lampeter Township, PA

Religion: Lutheran

Source: Vote Smart

Education

Attended, Lebanon Valley College

Attended, Franklin & Marshall College, 1988-1991

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, District 11, 2019-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, District 16, 2016-2019

Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 13, 2009-2016

Supervisor, West Lampeter Township, 2005-2009

Professional Experience

Founder/President, Smucker Company, 1981-2006

Offices

Washington DC Office
302 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515Phone: (202) 225-2411
Fax: (202) 225-2013
Toll-free: 1-888-217-0231

Hanover Office
118 Carlisle Street
Hanover, PA  17331Phone: (717) 969-6132
Thursdays from 8:30-4:30pm
Appointments strongly encouraged.

Lancaster Office
2270 Erin Court
Lancaster, PA  17601Phone: (717) 393-0667
Fax: (717) 393-0924
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Red Lion Office
100 Redco Avenue
Red Lion, PA  17356Phone: (717) 969-6133
Wednesdays from 8:30am-4:30pm
Appointments strongly encouraged.

Contact

Email: Government

Web Links

Politics

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Finances

Source: Vote Smart

Committees

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Smucker.

Issues

Source: Government page

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PA-11 is home to a strong agricultural industry and leads the state in the production of a number of commodities.

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Learn how Rep. Smucker is working to fix Washington’s broken budget process. Rep. Smucker currently serves as a senior member of the House Committee on the Budget.

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Read about Rep. Smucker’s work to build a vibrant economy.

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education
Learn about Rep. Smucker’s efforts to ensure Americans have a high-quality education and the skills to succeed.

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Read more about Rep. Smucker’s legislative efforts to support American energy production and support our environment.

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Read more about Rep. Smucker’s thoughts on American foreign policy.

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Learn more about Rep. Smucker’s work to secure our southern border and fix America’s broken immigration system.

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Learn about Rep. Smucker’s efforts to address America’s crumbling national infrastructure.

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Learn more about Rep. Smucker’s efforts to strengthen America’s national security and our military.

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Rep. Smucker serves as a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, Congress’s oldest committee with jurisdiction over tax policy.

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Rep. Smucker serves as a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, where he additionally serves on the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Learn about Rep. Smucker’s voting record and support of our values.

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Learn about Rep. Smucker’s efforts to support our nation’s veterans.

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Services

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District

Source: Wikipedia

Lloyd Smucker PA-11 2Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district is located in the southeast-central part of the state. It includes all of Lancaster County and portions of York County south and east of but not including the city of York. Republican Lloyd Smucker represents the district.

Prior to 2018, the 11th district was located in the east-central part of the state. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional, centering it around Pottsville and renumbering it as the ninth district. The new 11th district is essentially the successor to the old 16th District, with representation per the elections of 2018 onward.[2] With the 2020 redictricting cycle, the Pennsylvania district’s border between Hanover and York was adjusted to include less land north of Spring Grove and more to the southeast of York, effective with the 2022 elections.

Republican Lou Barletta represented the 11th district within its former boundaries from 2011 to 2019, the first Republican to do so in almost 30 years.

Wikipedia

Lloyd Kenneth Smucker[1] (born January 23, 1964) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district, which includes Lancaster County and most of southern York County. He is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 16th district until the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew it in 2018 due to gerrymandering. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016.

Biography

Smucker was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Daniel and Arie Smucker.[2] At the time of his birth, the family belonged to the Old Order Amish, but they left the community when he was five years old.[3] After graduating from Lancaster Mennonite High School in 1981, he attended Lebanon Valley College and Franklin & Marshall College, where he earned credits in liberal arts but did not complete a degree.[3] For 25 years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown[4] that received $4.83 million in PPP loans in 2020[5] and 2021[6] that were subsequently forgiven.

Smucker is a Lutheran.[7]

Pennsylvania Senate

Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.[4] In 2008, after 23-year incumbent Gib Armstrong decided to retire, Smucker entered the four-way Republican primary to succeed him, receiving 47% of the vote.[8] In the general election, he defeated the Democratic nominee, Lancaster City Council member José E. Urdaneta, 57%-43%.[9]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

On November 8, 2016, Smucker defeated Christina Hartman with 53% of the vote in the race to replace the retiring Joe Pitts in Congress.[10] He was sworn in to represent Pennsylvania’s 16th congressional district on January 3, 2017.[11]

A new congressional map imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court renumbered Smucker’s district as the 11th district. It picked up the sliver of Lancaster County that had previously been in the 7th district, while losing its shares of Chester and Berks counties. To make up for the loss in population, it was shifted to the west, absorbing most of the more rural eastern portion of York County.[12] The old 16th had been one of Pennsylvania’s most Republican districts, but the Democratic trend in areas of the district closer to Philadelphia had resulted in close races at the presidential level since the turn of the millennium. John McCain only carried the old 16th with 51% of the vote in 2008,[13] while Mitt Romney won it with 52% in 2012[14] and Donald Trump won it with 51% in 2016.[15] According to Nate Cohn of The New York Times, these trends theoretically left Smucker vulnerable in a Democratic wave.[12]

In contrast, the new 11th is significantly more rural and Republican than its predecessor. Had it existed in 2016, Trump would have won it with over 60% of the vote, which would have been his fifth-best showing in the state.[16] According to Cohn, the Republican-controlled state legislature had placed the more Democratic areas of Chester and Berks counties into the 16th in order to protect Republican incumbents in neighboring districts. As Cohn put it, the loss of those areas and the addition of part of York County had the effect of making what was already a “naturally Republican” district even more so.[12]

As expected, Smucker won a second term handily, defeating Democratic nominee Jess King with 59% of the vote.[17]

Tenure

During the presidency of Donald Trump, Smucker voted in line with Trump’s stated position 94% of the time.[18] As of September 2021, Smucker had voted in line with Joe Biden‘s stated position 14.3% of the time.[19]

Smucker supported the American Health Care Act, the GOP’s legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).[20]

On September 24, 2014, Smucker voted against Pennsylvania senate bill SB1182, which would legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania.[21] He voted to repeal provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.[22] He has voted for increases in military spending.[22] He supported legislation to punish sanctuary cities.[22] In 2017, Smucker voted for a budget that proposed cutting Medicare by $537 billion and giving seniors the opportunity to enroll in private plans in competition with Medicare.[23]

On January 6, 2021, Smucker voted to overturn the Electoral College results that would make Biden president. Pennsylvania cast its electoral ballots for Biden in the 2020 presidential election.[24]

Political positions

Abortion

Smucker opposes abortion.[25] He supports including fetuses among those given civil rights protections per the 14th amendment and introduced a bill to protect “infant survivors of abortion”.[26]

Racial and LGBT rights

Smucker opposes gay marriage and voted against federally protecting gay and interracial marriages.[27] He voted against allowing private lawsuits against schools who racially discriminate.[26]

Taxes and federal spending

Smucker opposes an income tax increase, opposes federal spending, and supports lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth.[28]

Education

Smucker opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards.[28]

Environment

Smucker opposes federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and assisting rural renewable energy. He voted to loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska.[26]

Gun control

Smucker opposes gun-control legislation and voted twice against expanding background checks.[26]

Healthcare

Smucker supports repealing the Affordable Care Act and supports leaving healthcare to the states.[26]

Immigration

Smucker supports requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship and supports bans on immigration for “non-cooperating” countries.[26]

Foreign policy

Smucker supports increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support. He is pro-Israel and supports keeping a United States embassy in Jerusalem. He supported Donald Trump‘s strike on Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.[26]

Social security

Smucker supports allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts.[29]

Donald Trump

Smucker voted twice against impeaching Trump and against forming the January 6th committee.[26] He was endorsed by Trump in his 2022 reelection bid.[30]

Death penalty

Smucker supports capital punishment and voted to expand the federal death penalty for killings of police officers.[31]

Net neutrality

Smucker opposes net neutrality.[26]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

References

  1. ^ Member Post-Travel Disclosure Form, Committee on Ethics
  2. ^ “Pennsylvania State Senate – Lloyd K Smucker Biography”. www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Writer, SAM JANESCH | Staff (October 21, 2018). “Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record”. LancasterOnline. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  4. ^ a b “Lloyd K. Smucker”. State Senator Lloyd Smucker. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Willis, Moiz Syed,Derek (July 7, 2020). “Smucker Company – Tracking PPP”. ProPublica. Retrieved August 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Willis, Moiz Syed,Derek (July 7, 2020). “Smucker Company LLC – Tracking PPP”. ProPublica. Retrieved August 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ “Lutherans in the 118th Congress”. LivingLutheran. February 1, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  8. ^ “2008 Generalĺ Primary”. Pennsylvania Department of State. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
  9. ^ “2008 General Election”. Pennsylvania Department of State. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
  10. ^ Stuhldreher, Tim. “Lloyd Smucker beats Christina Hartman, Shawn House in 16th Congressional District race”. LancasterOnline. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  11. ^ “Smucker announces committee assignments for 115th Congress” (Press release). Washington D.C.: Congressman Lloyd Smucker. January 13, 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). “The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers’ Choices”. The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  13. ^ Database of 2008 presidential election results from Swing State Project
  14. ^ Database of presidential election results under 2012 lines from Daily Kos
  15. ^ Database of 2016 presidential election results from Daily Kos
  16. ^ Daily Kos Elections presents presidential election results for Pennsylvania’s new congressional map
  17. ^ “Pennsylvania | Full House results”. CNN. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022.
  18. ^ Bycoffe, Aaron (January 30, 2017). “Tracking Lloyd Smucker In The Age Of Trump”. FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Bycoffe, Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron (April 22, 2021). “Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?”. FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  20. ^ The New York Times (March 20, 2017). “How House Republicans Planned to Vote on the Obamacare Replacement”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  21. ^ Murphy, Jan (September 25, 2014). “Medical marijuana: How our southcentral Pa. senators voted”. www.pennlive.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  22. ^ a b c Writer, SAM JANESCH | Staff. “Breaking down US Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s record after 8 months in Congress”. LancasterOnline. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  23. ^ Writer, SAM JANESCH | Staff. “Fact-checking the U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, Jess King debate”. LancasterOnline. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  24. ^ Yourish, Karen; Buchanan, Larry; Lu, Denise (January 7, 2021). “The 147 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn Election Results”. New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  25. ^ Hullinger, Logan (January 2, 2020). “Smucker, Perry join call for Supreme Court to ‘reconsider’ Roe v. Wade”. York Dispatch. Retrieved January 30, 2023. Smucker … and Perry … have consistently opposed abortion throughout their political careers.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i “Lloyd Smucker on the Issues”. www.ontheissues.org. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  27. ^ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601 (July 19, 2022). “Roll Call 373 Roll Call 373, Bill Number: H. R. 8404, 117th Congress, 2nd Session”. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ a b “Values”. Congressman Lloyd Smucker. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  29. ^ “Lloyd Smucker’s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)”. Vote Smart. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  30. ^ “Endorsement of Congressman Lloyd Smucker”. www.donaldjtrump.com. May 10, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  31. ^ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601 (May 18, 2017). “Roll Call 265 Roll Call 265, Bill Number: H. R. 115, 115th Congress, 1st Session”. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ “Ways and Means (117th Congress)”. Ways and Means Committee. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  33. ^ “Oversight (117th Congress)”. Ways and Means Committee. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  34. ^ “Worker & Family Support (117th Congress)”. Ways and Means Committee. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  35. ^ “Members”. Republican Mains Street Partnership. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  36. ^ “Member List”. Republican Study Committee. Retrieved January 2, 2018.

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Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
from the 13th district

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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania’s 16th congressional district

2017–2019
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from Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district

2019–present
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Lloyd Smucker PA-11

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-16 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Commercial construction firm; Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016
District:    Lancaster County and most of southern York County.
Upcoming Election:

For 25 years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown[4] that received $4.83 million in PPP loans in 2020 and 2021 that were subsequently forgiven.

Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.

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Summer Lee PA-12

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-12 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer; Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 34th district from 2019 to 2022
District:   southwestern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh and much of Allegheny County, as well as some of Westmoreland County.
Upcoming Election:

Lee became the first black woman to represent Southwestern Pennsylvania in the state legislature. She campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries after graduating.

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John Joyce PA-13

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-13 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Dermatologist
District:   all of Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, and Perry counties.
Upcoming Election:

He completed his medical residency in internal medicine and dermatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Founder, Altoona Dermatology Associates, present. Former Clinical Instructor, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Guy Reschenthaler PA-14

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-15 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Attorney, judge, and U.S. Navy veteran.
District:   southwestern part of the state and includes all of Fayette County, Greene County, and Washington County, and most of Indiana, Westmoreland, and Somerset counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Guy Reschenthaler was previously a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th district. He served as a district judge and in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) during the Iraq War. He is serving as the Republican Chief Deputy Whip in the 118th Congress.

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Glenn Thompson PA-15

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-15 since 2008
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Businessman
District:  Armstrong, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Snyder, Tioga, Union, and Warren counties and parts of Indiana, Lycoming, and Venango counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Since 2023, he has chaired the House Agriculture Committee.

Thompson worked for 28 years as a Therapist/Rehab Services Manager/Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in Lycoming County and chaired the Centre County Republican Committee for six years. He has spent 25 years as a member or president of the Howard Volunteer Fire Company 14, and volunteers as a firefighter, emergency medical technician, and rescue technician.

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Mike Kelly PA-16

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-16 since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Businessman
District:  all of Erie County, Crawford County, Mercer County, Lawrence County, Butler County, and parts of Venango County 
Upcoming Election:

A member of the Republican Party, Kelly is known for his support of Donald Trump, characterizing the 2019 effort to impeach Trump as akin to Pearl Harbor and filing a lawsuit in state court to invalidate all mail-in ballots cast in Pennsylvania during the 2020 United States presidential election.

fter college, Kelly worked for his father’s Chevrolet/Cadillac car dealership. In 1995, he took over the business, and added Hyundai and KIA to its lineup. Kelly’s car dealerships received Paycheck Protection Program loans of between $450,000 and $1.05 million to keep staff on the payroll during the coronavirus pandemic.

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